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The interval in time between successive passages (orbits) of a satellite through a reference plane.
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The time it takes for an object to complete one orbit.
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The time taken by an orbiting body to complete one orbit.
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The time interval for a body to complete one orbit around another.
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The interval between successive passages of a satellite through the same point in its orbit. Often called period. See anomalistic period, nodical period, sidereal period.
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he length of time it takes one body to orbit another
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The amount of time it takes a spacecraft or other object to travel once around it's orbit.
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The time that it takes a satellite to complete one circumnavigation of its orbit.
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The amount of time takes a spaceship or the other object to the route around him is once orbit.
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The time it takes a satellite to complete one revolution or orbit around the Earth. For example, the orbital period of Landsat 7 is approximately 1.5 hours. [NOAA
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The time required for an object to make a complete revolution along its orbit.
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The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit.
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