Synchronous Orbit

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4474.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4474. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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An orbit in which the period of revolution of an orbiting body is the same as the rotation period of the body it is orbiting. In the solar system, the only natural instance of a synchronous orbit is that of Pluto's satellite, Charon. Some artificial satellites are put into synchronous orbit around the Earth; such orbits are then termed geosynchronous. If in addition such an orbit is circular and ...

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