Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 27 compound words that contain orbit. The most common are listed below. Open orbit in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- halo orbitA periodic, three-dimensional orbit about any one of the Lagrange points L₁, L₂ or L₃ of a two-body gravitational system.
- lunar orbitThe orbit of the Moon around the Earth.
- low Earth orbitA satellite orbit around the Earth within an altitude range of approximately 200 to 2,000 km, in which a satellite can communicate with the Earth with minimal time lag and energy consumption.
- orbit-stabilizer theoremA theorem which states that for each element of a given set that a given group acts on, there is a natural bijection between the orbit of that element and the cosets of the stabilizer subgroup with respect to that element.
- banana orbitA specific shape or particle orbit that resembles a banana when viewed from the side or above, occurring because the particle moves back and forth between two mirror points, creating a curved, elongated loop.
- Clarke orbitgeostationary orbit
- junk orbitSynonym of graveyard orbit: An orbit where spacecraft which have reached their end of life can be safely positioned to avoid colliding with other spacecraft or the Earth.
- parking orbitA temporary orbit used during the launch of a satellite or space probe, before the final trajectory is set.
- Hohmann transfer orbitAn elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.
- synchronous orbitA satellite orbit where the orbital period is equal to, or multiples of, the Earth’s rotational period; i.e. making one, two, three, etc., orbits in a 24-hour period. Examples include geosynchronous (period equals Earth's rotation) …
- graveyard orbitAn orbit where spacecraft which have reached their end of life can be safely positioned to avoid colliding with other spacecraft or the Earth.
- high Earth orbitAn Earth-centered orbit located at an altitude greater than the geosynchronous orbit, which is approximately 35,786 km above the Earth's surface.
- medium Earth orbitAn Earth-centered orbit with an altitude above a low Earth orbit and below a high Earth orbit, between 2,000 and 35,786 km above sea level.
- Sun-synchronous orbitA nearly polar orbit in which a satellite passes over the surface of a planet maintaining the same local mean solar time.
- geosynchronous orbitAn Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches the rotation of Earth on its axis, (one sidereal day).
- Hohmann orbitSynonym of Hohmann transfer orbit: An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.
- Molniya orbitA highly elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.74, inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of −90 degrees, and an orbital period of half a sidereal day, around the Earth.
- innermost stable circular orbitThe closest radius at which a particle can maintain a stable, circular orbit around a massive, compact object, such as a black hole.
- Lissajous orbitA quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.
- osculating orbitThe orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear.
- near-rectilinear halo orbitA halo orbit with nearly straight sides between passes near the orbited body.
- heliosynchronous orbitA sun-synchronous orbit.
- subsynchronous orbitThe orbit of a satellite that is nearer the planet than it would be if it were in synchronous orbit
- cranial orbitSynonym of eye socket: The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
- last photon orbitSynonym of photon sphere: Of a black hole, a spherical limit around a black hole at such distance that any photon meeting it tangentially is constrained to travel in a circular orbit; (more loosely) the region between this limit and the …
Compound words 27
- orbitalOf or relating to, or forming an orbit (such as the orbit of a moon, planet, or spacecraft).
- deorbitTo cause to leave orbit.
- orbifoldA topological space in which every small enough neighborhood is homeomorphic to a quotient of real space by the action of a finite group.
- orbitaryPertaining to an orbit; orbital.
- orbitonA quasiparticle, corresponding to the orbital energy of an electron, which can result from an electron apparently ‘splitting’ under certain conditions.
- coorbitThe dual of an orbit
- interorbitBetween orbits.
- orbitotomyincision into the orbit of the eye
- suborbitThe lower part of the orbit of the eye.
- exorbitismprotrusion of the orbits of the eyes