period of revolution
Britishnoun
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The basic period of revolution of Earth, called the tropical year, is 365.2422 days.
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
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?
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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.
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Acceleration of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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