English Explanatory Dictionary

osculating orbit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The 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.

Word forms

osculating orbit osculating orbits
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