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Meaning of osculating orbit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

osculation osculator osculatory osculatrix osculometer osculum

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