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Laplace sphere

Laplace sphere noun: the region around a planet in which a satellite would maintain an orbit around the planet instead of its star.

Noun

Laplace sphere (plural Laplace spheres)

  1. The region around a planet in which a satellite would maintain an orbit around the planet instead of its star.

Forms of Laplace sphere

pluralLaplace spheres

Questions about Laplace sphere

What does Laplace sphere mean?
Laplace sphere means the region around a planet in which a satellite would maintain an orbit around the planet instead of its star.
What part of speech is Laplace sphere?
Laplace sphere is a noun.
What is the plural of Laplace sphere?
The plural of Laplace sphere is Laplace spheres.

Words near Laplace sphere in the dictionary

  1. Laplace expansions
  2. Laplace operator
  3. Laplace operators
  4. Laplace plane
  5. Laplace planes
  6. Laplace sphere
  7. Laplace spheres
  8. Laplace transform
  9. Laplace transforms
  10. Laplace's demon
  11. Laplace's equation

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