Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high earth orbit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: high- earth or-bit
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Earth-centered orbit located at an altitude greater than the geosynchronous orbit, which is approximately 35,786 km above the Earth's surface.

Inflected Forms

high Earth orbits (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

low Earth orbit medium Earth orbit

Synonyms

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Questions

What does high earth orbit mean?: An Earth-centered orbit located at an altitude greater than the geosynchronous orbit, which is approximately 35,786 km above the Earth's surface.

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