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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: period of revolution (of a satellite)
Synonym1: orbital period (of a satellite)
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Definition: the time elapsing between two consecutive passages of a satellite through a characteristic point on its orbit

NOTE – In the absence of further information, it is understood that the period of revolution is the anomalistic period. See also the terms nodal period and sidereal period of revolution.


Publication date:1994-08
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