- In
celestial mechanics, an
orbit (also
known as
orbital revolution) is the
curved trajectory of an
object such as the
trajectory of a
planet around a star...
- astrodynamics, the
osculating orbit of an
object in
space at a
given moment in time is the
gravitational Kepler orbit (i.e. an
elliptic or
other conic...
- The
orbital period (also
revolution period) is the
amount of time a
given astronomical object takes to
complete one
orbit around another object. In astronomy...
- A
geostationary orbit, also
referred to as a
geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a
circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude...
- A low
Earth orbit (LEO) is an
orbit around Earth with a
period of 128
minutes or less (making at
least 11.25
orbits per day) and an
eccentricity less...
- Look up
orbital in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Orbital may
refer to:
Atomic orbital Molecular orbital Hybrid orbital Orbit Earth orbit Orbit (anatomy)...
-
Earth orbits the Sun at an
average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi), or 8.317 light-minutes, in a
counterclockwise direction as viewed...
-
value of 0 is a
circular orbit,
values between 0 and 1 form an
elliptic orbit, 1 is a
parabolic escape orbit (or
capture orbit), and
greater than 1 is...
-
orbit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In physics, an
orbit is the
gravitationally curved path of one
object around a
point or
another body.
Orbit...
- A
geocentric orbit, Earth-centered
orbit, or
Earth orbit involves any
object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or
artificial satellites. In 1997, NASA estimated...
