Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sun-synchronous orbit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: sun-syn-chronous or-bit
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nearly polar orbit in which a satellite passes over the surface of a planet maintaining the same local mean solar time.

Inflected Forms

Sun-synchronous orbits (plural)

Synonyms

heliosynchronous orbit

Questions

What does sun-synchronous orbit mean?: A nearly polar orbit in which a satellite passes over the surface of a planet maintaining the same local mean solar time.

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