period of revolution
Britishnoun
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What is the period of revolution for a comet with aphelion at 5 AU and perihelion at the orbit of Earth?
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
What would be the period of revolution of the Moon, orbiting at its current distance of 400,000 km?
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
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
He calculated the probable period of revolution, and found it to be, in each case, approximately fifty years.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss
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