stationary orbit

noun

astronautics an orbit lying in, or approximately in, the plane of the equator for which the orbital period is equal to the spin period of the central body

Words Nearby stationary orbit

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stationary engineer
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stationary point
stationary state
stationary wave
station break
stationer

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