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Lissajous orbit

Lissajous orbit noun: a quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.

Noun

Lissajous orbit (plural Lissajous orbits)

  1. A quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.

Forms of Lissajous orbit

pluralLissajous orbits

Questions about Lissajous orbit

What does Lissajous orbit mean?
Lissajous orbit means a quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.
What part of speech is Lissajous orbit?
Lissajous orbit is a noun.
What is the plural of Lissajous orbit?
The plural of Lissajous orbit is Lissajous orbits.

Words near Lissajous orbit in the dictionary

  1. Lissajous curves
  2. Lissajous figure
  3. Lissajous figures
  4. Lissajous knot
  5. Lissajous knots
  6. Lissajous orbit
  7. Lissajous orbits
  8. Lissajous projection
  9. lissamine
  10. lissamines
  11. lissamphibian

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