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osculating orbits

osculating orbits is the plural of osculating orbit.

Meaning of osculating orbit

Noun

osculating orbit (plural osculating orbits)

  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.

Questions about osculating orbits

What is osculating orbits the plural of?
Osculating orbits is the plural of osculating orbit.

Words near osculating orbits in the dictionary

  1. osculates
  2. osculating
  3. osculating circle
  4. osculating circles
  5. osculating orbit
  6. osculating orbits
  7. osculation
  8. osculations
  9. osculator
  10. osculatories
  11. osculators

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