Orbit
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In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System. Orbits of planets are typically elliptical.
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See also
- List of orbits
- Escape velocity
- Gravity
- Kepler orbit
- Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- Molniya orbit
- Orbit (dynamics)
- Orbital spaceflight/Sub-orbital spaceflight
- Perifocal coordinate system
- Lagrangian point
- Rosetta (orbit)
- Klemperer rosette
- Trajectory, Hyperbolic trajectory, Parabolic trajectory and Radial trajectory
- Polar Orbits
- Secular variations of the planetary orbits
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