period of revolution
Britishnoun
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This comet’s period of revolution is 6.45 years, making it a Jupiter- family comet.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
When it was at half its present distance, how long was its period of revolution?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
What is the period of revolution about the Sun for an asteroid with a semi-major axis of 3 AU in the middle of the asteroid belt?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Such a satellite will, in effect, be a gravitational clock, its period of revolution around the earth governed by gravitational pull.
From Time Magazine Archive
Julius Cæsar, therefore, determined to establish a solar year according to the known period of revolution of the sun, that is 365 days and a quarter.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
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