HEO
HEO is the acronym of high Earth orbit.
HEO is the initialism of highly elliptical orbit.
Meaning of high Earth orbit
Noun
high Earth orbit (plural high Earth orbits)
- An Earth-centered orbit located at an altitude greater than the geosynchronous orbit, which is approximately 35,786 km above the Earth's surface.
- Synonyms:
- HEO
Proper noun capitalized: Heo
Heo (plural Heos)
- A surname from Korean.
Forms of HEO
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | HEOs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Heos |
Origin of HEO
From the Korean surname, variant of Hŏ, from 허 (heo).
Questions about HEO
- What does HEO mean?
- HEO means a surname from Korean.
- What is HEO the acronym of?
- HEO is the acronym of high Earth orbit.
- What part of speech is HEO?
- HEO is a proper noun.
Words near HEO in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: HEO (page history and authors); Heo (page history and authors); high Earth orbit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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