- In
celestial mechanics, an
orbit is the
curved trajectory of an
object such as the
trajectory of a
planet around a star, or of a
natural satellite around...
-
ORBit is a
CORBA 2.4
compliant Object Request Broker (ORB). It
features mature Ada, C, C++ and
Python bindings, and less
developed bindings for Perl,...
- A low
Earth orbit (LEO) is an Earth-centered
orbit near the planet,
often specified as
having an
orbital period of 128
minutes or less (making at least...
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Orbital may
refer to:
Atomic orbital Molecular orbital Hybrid orbital Orbit Earth orbit Orbit (anatomy), also
known as the
orbital bone
Orbitofrontal cortex...
- 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...
- 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...
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Earth orbits the Sun at an
average distance of 149.60
million km (92.96
million mi) in a
counterclockwise direction as
viewed from
above the
Northern Hemisphere...
- A
geocentric orbit or
Earth orbit involves any
object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or
artificial satellites. In 1997, NASA
estimated there were approximately...
- A
geosynchronous orbit (sometimes
abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered
orbit with an
orbital period that
matches Earth's
rotation on its axis, 23 hours...
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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...
