orbital inclination

collocation in English

meaningsoforbitalandinclination

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orbital
adjective
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/ˈɔː.bɪ.təl/us
/ˈɔːr.bɪ.t̬əl/
relating to the orbit (= curved path) of an object ...
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inclination
noun
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/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.kləˈneɪ.ʃən/
a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a ...
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All members have a relatively highorbitalinclination.
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Another lunar fly-by was performed later that month at a distance of 34,300 km to further improve theorbitalinclination.
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This is because the measured mass value also depends on theorbitalinclination, which in general is unknown.
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Like with the relativistic beaming method, it helps to determine the minimum mass of the planet and its sensitivity depends on the planet'sorbitalinclination.
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Kepler-11d has anorbitalinclinationof 89.3.
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This object also has moderateorbitalinclination(14.8).
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The orbital eccentricity is negligible, while theorbitalinclinationis about 1 degree.
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Thrusters were added for translation control as well as attitude control, and the forward thrusters allowed the spacecraft to change itsorbitalinclinationand altitude.
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A satellite with anorbitalinclinationbetween 90 and 180 degrees is said to be in a "retrograde orbit".
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Theorbitalinclinationcarries it as far as 0.121 kpc from the plane of the galaxy.
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Their analysis suggested that theorbitalinclinationis 846 (close to edge-on).
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This object also has highorbitalinclination(35.3).
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It is also the only known short-period comet with both highorbitalinclinationand high eccentricity.
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Theorbitalinclinationis at an angle of from the galactic plane, carrying it as much as above the disk.
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Another minor contributor to this inconsistency isorbitalinclination: each planet's orbit is in a slightly different plane.
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To changeorbitalinclination, the force vector is turned out of the plane of the velocity vector.
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However, the radial velocity method only yields a minimum value on the planet's mass, depending on theorbitalinclinationto our line-of-sight.
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Theorbitalinclinationcarries it no more than from the galactic plane.
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The comet has anorbitalinclinationof 116.9.
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The geographic latitudes covered by the ground track will range from "i" to "i", where "i" is theorbitalinclination.
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