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Orbit

In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object under the influence of an attracting force. Alternatively, it is known as an orbital revolution, because it is a rotation around an axis external to the moving body. Examples for orbits include the trajectory of a planet around a star, a natural satellite around a planet, or an…

History, Planetary orbits & Newton's laws

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History

Planetary orbits

Principles

Newton's laws

Formulation

Specification

Perturbations

Strange orbits

Astrodynamics

Earth orbits

Scaling in gravity

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Orbit

Nodes239
Edges238
Triples237
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008368
Components1

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Orbit

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related to External links · 32
Orbit → Archived, Bibcode, Brady Haran, CalcTool, Climate Forcing Data, Earth, Ghil, Has, Java, Long-Term Integrations, MacromediaMerrifield, Mercury, Michael, NOAA, Nottingham, November, Orbital, Orbital Mechanics, Orbits, Planetary Orbits
related to history · 22
Orbit → After, Although, Arabic, Aristotle, Copernicus, Eudoxus, European, First, For, Hellenistic, Historically, It, Johannes Kepler, Kepler, Originally, Ptolemy, Second, Solar System, Sun, The
related to Earth orbits · 15
Orbit → All, Also, Both, Earth, Earth's, GEO, Geocentric, GSO, High Earth, LEO, Low Earth, Medium Earth, MEO, Sun, These
related to Approaches to many-body problems · 13
Orbit → According, An, However, Newton's, Newtonian, Numerical, One, Predicting, Rather, Still, The, Therefore, This
related to Limitations of classical mechanics · 13
Orbit → Charles-Eugène Delaunay, However, Ideally, In, Karl Fritiof Sundman, Lagrangian, Moon, Newton, Newtonian, No, Principia, Such, The
related to Orbital decay · 12
Orbit → During, Each, Earth, Earth's, Eventually, For, Mars, Mercury, Particularly, The, This, When
related to Kepler's laws · 11
Orbit → As, Bodies, For, Kepler, Newton's, Sun, Sun's, Sun-planet, The, These, This
related to Multiple gravitating bodies · 11
Orbit → Apsidal, Earth's, For, Greek, Hill, Hipparchus, Moon, Moon's, One, Sun's, The
related to Planetary orbits · 10
Orbit → At, Bodies, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Owing, Solar System, These, Venus, Within
related to Illustration · 9
Orbit → All, As, Earth, Earth's, If, Newton's, The, This, To

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orbits orbital body object bodies gravity gravitational motion energy time point planet sun mass force planets system period around law

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Orbitis acurved trajectory of an object under the influence of an attracting force0.90text
Orbitis aspecial case0.90text
a planetinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
mooninstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
asteroidinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
or Lagrange pointinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
or Lagrange point.For most situationsinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
orbital motion is adequately approximated by Newtonian mechanicsinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
which explains gravity as a force obeying an inverse-square lawinstance ofor an artificial satellite around an object or position in space0.80text
deferentinstance oftheoretical mechanisms0.80text
epicycles were added by Ptolemyinstance oftheoretical mechanisms0.80text
a starinstance ofThe adjustments needed to accommodate the theory of relativity become appreciable in cases where the object is in the proximity of a significant gravitational source0.80text

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