precession of orbit

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• Precession (astronomy) — In astronomy, precession refers to the movement of the rotational axis of a body, such as a planet, with respect to inertial space. In particular, it refers to the precession of the Earth s rotational axis, also called the precession of the… …   Wikipedia

• Precession — For other uses, see Precession (disambiguation). Precession of a gyroscope Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotation axis of a rotating body. It can be defined as a change in direction of the rotation axis in which the second… …   Wikipedia

• 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 precession — orbitos precesija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. orbit precession vok. Bahnpräzession, f rus. прецессия орбиты, f pranc. précession de l’orbite, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• précession de l’orbite — orbitos precesija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. orbit precession vok. Bahnpräzession, f rus. прецессия орбиты, f pranc. précession de l’orbite, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Apsidal precession — This article is about rotation of the orbit of a celestial body. For precession of the rotational axis, see precession of the equator. For change in orbital inclination, see precession of the ecliptic. In celestial mechanics, perihelion… …   Wikipedia

• Nodal precession — is the precession of an orbital plane around the rotation axis of an astronomical body such as the Earth. This precession is due to the non spherical nature of a spinning body which creates a non spherical gravitational field. Around a spherical… …   Wikipedia

• Lunar precession — Unreferenced|date=May 2007There are two important precessional motions in the Orbit of the Moon.The long axis (line of the apsides: perigee and apogee) of the moon s elliptical orbit precesses about once in just under 9 years. It is caused by the …   Wikipedia

• Earth's orbit — In astronomy, The Earth s Orbit involves the Earth orbiting the Sun at an average distance of about 150 million kilometers every 365.2564 mean solar days (1 sidereal year). From Earth, this gives an apparent movement of the Sun with respect to… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas precession — In physics the Thomas precession, named after Llewellyn Thomas, is a special relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope in a rotating non inertial frame. It can be understood as a consequence of the fact that the space of velocities …   Wikipedia