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rectilinear orbit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
rec-ti-lin-ear or-bit
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theoretical type of orbit which goes in a straight-line, up and down; with 100% orbital eccentricity (eccentricity=1.0); the orbital path passing through the center-of-mass of the primary mass being orbited; having an periapsis at 0, and two apoapsides, as both arms going out from the periastron are equidistant; where the orbital ellipse has zero width semi-minor axis/minor axis, and the path of the ellipse is the same as the major axis.

Inflected Forms

rectilinear orbits (plural)

Phrases

near-rectilinear halo orbit near-rectilinear orbit

Frequently Paired Words

near-rectilinear halo orbit near-rectilinear orbit circular orbit highly-elliptical orbit near-circular orbit

Synonyms

rectilineal orbit

Questions

What does rectilinear orbit mean?
A theoretical type of orbit which goes in a straight-line, up and down; with 100% orbital eccentricity (eccentricity=1.0); the orbital path passing through the center-of-mass of the primary mass being orbited; having an periapsis at 0, and two apoapsides, as both arms going out from the periastron are equidistant; where the orbital ellipse has zero width semi-minor axis/minor axis, and the path of the ellipse is the same as the major axis.

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