Collocations withorbit
These are words often used in combination withorbit.
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circular orbit
In each of these, a single giant planet is known to exist on a nearly circular orbit inside the habitable zone of the system.
From theCambridge English Corpus
eccentric orbit
Planet b was confirmed in 2012 with a slightly smaller orbital radius and a more eccentric orbit.
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electron orbits
The steady-state solution of the equation of motion is then derived in cartesian coordinates and two groups of electron orbits are defined.
From theCambridge English Corpus
elliptical orbit
Examples include a planet moving in its elliptical orbit, a toy train chugging around its oval track, and a ball whirling through a circular tube.
From theCambridge English Corpus
lunar orbit
It would be a ten to fourteen day mission with a crew of four astronauts who would spend four days in lunar orbit.
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periodic orbit
In this bifurcation the geometrical splitting of the tangent space is preserved but the expansion in the unstable direction degenerates near a periodic orbit.
From theCambridge English Corpus
polar orbit
Another less urgent, practical issue is the question of the advanced polar orbit meteorological satellite.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
satellite orbit
The table is sorted according to the time of the first launch that achieved satellite orbit insertion.
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Wikipedia
stable orbit
The satellite did not reach a stable orbit.
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Wikipedia
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