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orbital mechanics

orbital mechanics noun: astrodynamics; the study of the movement of vehicles in space.

Noun

orbital mechanics (uncountable)

  1. Astrodynamics; the study of the movement of vehicles in space.

Questions about orbital mechanics

What does orbital mechanics mean?
Orbital mechanics means astrodynamics; the study of the movement of vehicles in space.
What part of speech is orbital mechanics?
Orbital mechanics is a noun.

Words near orbital mechanics in the dictionary

  1. orbital fissures
  2. orbital forming
  3. orbital index
  4. orbital indexes
  5. orbital indices
  6. orbital mechanics
  7. orbital motorway
  8. orbital motorways
  9. orbital plane
  10. orbital planes
  11. orbital process

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