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osculating orbit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
os-cu-lat-ing or-bit
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear.

Inflected Forms

osculating orbits (plural)

Questions

What does osculating orbit mean?
The orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear.

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