#synchronous_orbit

Synchronous orbit

Orbit of an astronomical body equal to that body’s average rotational period

A synchronous orbit is an orbit in which an orbiting body has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited, and in the same direction of rotation as that body.

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