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rectilinear orbits

rectilinear orbits is the plural of rectilinear orbit.

Meaning of rectilinear orbit

Noun

rectilinear orbit (plural rectilinear orbits)

  1. A theoretical type of orbit which goes in a straight-line, up and down; with 100% orbital eccentricity (eccentricity=1.0); the orbital path passing through the center-of-mass of the primary mass being orbited; having an periapsis at 0, and two apoapsides, as both arms going out from the periastron are equidistant; where the orbital ellipse has zero width semi-minor axis/minor axis, and the path of the ellipse is the same as the major axis.
    Synonyms:
    rectilineal orbit

Questions about rectilinear orbits

What is rectilinear orbits the plural of?
Rectilinear orbits is the plural of rectilinear orbit.

Words near rectilinear orbits in the dictionary

  1. Rectigraphs
  2. rectilineal
  3. rectilineally
  4. rectilinear
  5. rectilinear orbit
  6. rectilinear orbits
  7. rectilinearism
  8. rectilinearity
  9. rectilinearization
  10. rectilinearizations
  11. rectilinearize

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