lunar orbit

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• Lunar 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… …   Wikipedia

• lunar orbit — Mėnulio orbita statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. lunar orbit; Moon’s orbit vok. Mondbahn, f rus. лунная орбита, f; орбита Луны, f pranc. orbite de la Lune, f; orbite lunaire, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Lunar orbit rendezvous — (LOR) was the method used by the Apollo missions for human spaceflight to the Moon. In an LOR mission a main spacecraft and a smaller lunar module travel together into lunar orbit (orbit around the Moon). The lunar module then independently… …   Wikipedia

• Lunar Orbit Insertion — (LOI) is an orbital maneuver by means of which a spacecraft in placed on a selenocentric orbit …   Wikipedia

• Lunar Escape Systems — were a series of emergency vehicles designed for never flown long duration Apollo missions. Because these missions were even more hypothetical than the planned canceled Apollo missions, the designs were never constructed.As NASA planned for… …   Wikipedia

• lunar (excursion) module — or lunar module n. the component of the Apollo spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the moon s surface and return them to the command and service modules in lunar orbit * * * …   Universalium

• lunar (excursion) module — or lunar module n. the component of the Apollo spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the moon s surface and return them to the command and service modules in lunar orbit …   English World dictionary

• lunar (excursion) module — or lunar module n. the component of the Apollo spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the moon s surface and return them to the command and service modules in lunar orbit …   English World dictionary

• 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

• Lunar Prospector — LunarOrbiter Name=Lunar Prospector Organization=NASA Contractors=Discovery Program MissionType=Planetary Science LaunchDate=January 7, 1998 at 02:28:44 UTC LaunchVehicle=Athena II MissionHighlight=Entered lunar orbit January 11, 1998, 10:28 UTC… …   Wikipedia

• Lunar phase — Moon phase redirects here. For the manga and anime series, see Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration. The… …   Wikipedia