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11true anomaly — noun the angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis measured in degrees • Hypernyms: ↑angular distance * * * Astron. the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion …
12Lunar orbit — In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a Selenocentric orbit) refers to the orbit of an object around the Moon.As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned… …
13Kepler orbit — Gravitational attraction is the force that makes the Solar system stick together with the planets orbiting the Sun and the Moon orbiting the Earth. Isaac Newton formulated the physical law for this gravitational attraction which explained Kepler… …
14Geocentric orbit — Earth orbit redirects here. For the motion of the Earth around the Sun, see Earth s orbit. Earth orbiter redirects here. For the shuttle simulator, see Earth Orbiter 1. The following words may have more than one definition or other non Earth… …
15ArcelorMittal Orbit — The structure in November 2011 General information Status Constructed Type …
16Geostationary orbit — Geostationary orbit.To an observer on the rotating Earth (fixed point on the Earth), the satellite appears stationary in the sky. A red satellite is also geostationary above its own point on Earth. Top Down View …
17Molniya orbit — For other uses, see Molniya (disambiguation). Figure 1: The Molniya orbit. Usually the period from perigee + 2 hours to perigee + 10 hours is used to transmit to the northern hemisphere Molniya orbit is a type of highly elliptical orbit with an… …
18Elliptic orbit — A small body in space orbits a large one (like a planet around the sun) along an elliptical path, with the large body being located at one of the ellipse foci …
19Sun-synchronous orbit — Diagram showing the orientation of a Sun synchronous orbit (green) in four points of the year. A non sun synchronous orbit (magenta) is also shown for reference A Sun synchronous orbit (sometimes called a heliosynchronous orbit) is a geocentric… …
20Circular orbit — For other meanings of the term orbit , see orbit (disambiguation) A circular orbit is the orbit at a fixed distance around any point by an object rotating around a fixed axis. Below we consider a circular orbit in astrodynamics or celestial… …
