period of revolution
Britishnoun
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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
This comet’s period of revolution is 6.45 years, making it a Jupiter- family comet.
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
The period of revolution is thirty-five years, and two complete revolutions have been observed.
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 Garrett Putman Serviss
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