period of revolution

British

noun

astronomy the mean time taken for one body, such as a planet, to complete a revolution about another, such as the sun

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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

The basic period of revolution of Earth, called the tropical year, is 365.2422 days.

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

We must realize that at this moment most of the people of the world are passing through a period of revolution, tyranny, chaos, or all three.

From Time Magazine Archive

The close pair is a binary system with a long period of revolution, estimated at about two hundred years.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

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