period of revolution
Britishnoun
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Because its period of revolution is the same as its period of rotation, the Moon always keeps the same face toward Earth.
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
Use Kepler’s third law to calculate the period of revolution of a spacecraft orbiting at a distance of 6000 km.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Its year or period of revolution is close to 687 days; its day is about 24 hours and 37 minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
By an avowedly conjectural method, the solar period of revolution round this point was fixed at 18,200,000 years.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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