equatorial orbit

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• Near-equatorial orbit — A near equatorial orbit is an orbit that lies close to the equatorial plane of the object orbited. This orbit allows for rapid revisit times (for a single orbiting spacecraft) of near equatorial ground sites.[citation needed] See also List of… …   Wikipedia

• Near equatorial orbit — A near equatorial orbit is an orbit that lies close to the equatorial plane of the object orbited. This orbit allows for rapid revisit times (for a single orbiting spacecraft) of near equatorial ground sites. See also * List of orbits *… …   Wikipedia

• synchronous equatorial orbit — noun a circular orbit in which a satellite moves around the earth once while the earth rotates once on its axis and thus remains fixed above a particular point above the equator; geostationary orbit; stationary orbit …  

• Orbit of the Moon — Not to be confused with Lunar orbit in the sense of a selenocentric orbit, that is, an orbit around the Moon The Moon completes its orbit around the Earth in approximately 27.3 days (a sidereal month). The Earth and Moon orbit about their… …   Wikipedia

• Orbit — This article is about orbits in celestial mechanics, due to gravity. For other uses, see Orbit (disambiguation). A satellite orbiting the Earth has a tangential velocity and an inward acceleration …   Wikipedia

• Orbit equation — In astrodynamics an orbit equation defines the path of orbiting body around central body relative to , without specifying position as a function of time. Under standard assumptions, a body moving under the influence of a force, directed to a… …   Wikipedia

• Orbit phasing — In astrodynamics orbit phasing is the adjustment of the time position of spacecraft along its orbit, usually described as adjusting the orbiting spacecraft s true anomaly. This is predominantly used in satellite positioning, especially if the… …   Wikipedia

• equatorial — adjective Date: 1664 1. a. of, relating to, or located at the equator or an equator; also being in the plane of the equator < a satellite in equatorial orbit > b. of, originating in, or suggesting the region around the geographic equator 2. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• orbit, subsynchronous satellite —    A satellite orbit that is at lower altitude than the 35,880 kilometers required for a synchronous equatorial orbit …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

• Equatorial ridge — Equatorial ridges are a feature of at least three of Saturn s moons: the large moon Iapetus and the tiny moons Atlas and Pan. They are ridges that follow closely the moon s equator. They appear to be unique to the Saturnian system, but it is… …   Wikipedia

• equatorial — /ɛkwəˈtɔriəl/ (say ekwuh tawreeuhl) adjective 1. of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth. 2. of or like the regions at the earth s equator: equatorial vegetation. –noun 3. a telescope mounting having two axes of… …