circular orbit

collocation in English

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circular
adjective
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/ˈsɜː.kjə.lər/us
/ˈsɝː.kjə.lɚ/
shaped like ...
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orbit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɔː.bɪt/us
/ˈɔːr.bɪt/
the curved path through which objects in space move around a planet ...
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(Definition ofcircularandorbitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In each of these, a single giant planet is known to exist on a nearlycircularorbitinside the habitable zone of the system.
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They move around the star forever at the same (constant) speed, in the samecircularorbit, 180 degrees away from each other.
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The surface particle orbital motion resulting from the flexure of the rubber differed from thecircularorbitof a deep water wave.
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Thecircularorbithad an altitude of 555 km and an inclination of 33.
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Suppose we sit on a particle in general planar motion (not just acircularorbit).
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It is currently undertaking an experimental mission in a 575 kmcircularorbitat an inclination of 64.9 degrees.
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Analysis of the radial velocity data used to detect the planet does not yield a statistically significant deviation from acircularorbit.
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Assuming acircularorbit, this takes days to complete one orbit.
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It travels in a low,circularorbitwith a period of about 95 minutes.
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The other two masses are assumed to be in acircularorbitabout the systems center of mass.
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Its center traces acircularorbit, twice per rotation, around the midpoint between input and output shafts.
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About 43 minutes after launch, a 2 minute and 13 second engine firing changed the shuttle's path into a 162 nautical milecircularorbit.
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The orbital eccentricity is thought to be only; a nearlycircularorbit.
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This equation, along with the geodesic equation have motivated by the kinetics and dynamics of a particle orbiting the earth in acircularorbit.
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At the innermost stablecircularorbitthe local minimum becomes an inflection point.
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Acircularorbitcan only exist in the equatorial plane, and there are two of them (prograde and retrograde), with different radii.
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