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Orbital plane — may refer to: Orbital plane (astronomy) In anatomy, it refers to a specific area of the maxilla This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here … Wikipedia
Orbital plane (astronomy) — All of the planets, comets, and asteroids in the solar system are in orbit around the Sun. All of those orbits line up with each other making a semi flat disk called the orbital plane. The orbital plane of an object orbiting another is the… … Wikipedia
orbital plane — 1. a plane passing through the two orbital points and perpendicular to the Frankfort horizontal plane; called also planum orbitale. 2. visual p … Medical dictionary
orbital plane — noun (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting • Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology • Hypernyms: ↑plane, ↑sheet … Useful english dictionary
orbital plane of frontal bone — pars orbitalis ossis frontalis … Medical dictionary
Orbital elements — are the parameters required to uniquely identify a specific orbit. In celestial mechanics these elements are generally considered in classical two body systems, where a Kepler orbit is used (derived from Newton s laws of motion and Newton s law… … Wikipedia
Orbital inclination change — is an orbital maneuver aimed at changing the inclination of an orbiting body s orbit. This maneuver is also known as an orbital plane change as the plane of the orbit is tipped. This maneuver requires a change in the orbital velocity vector… … Wikipedia
Orbital — may refer to: In chemistry and physics: Atomic orbital Molecular orbital In astronomy and space flight: Orbit Orbital resonance Orbital period Orbital plane (astronomy) Orbital elements Orbital speed Orbital maneuver Orbital spaceflight In… … Wikipedia
Orbital perturbation analysis (spacecraft) — Isaac Newton in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica demonstrated that the gravitational force between two mass points is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the points and fully solved corresponding two body… … Wikipedia
Orbital inclination — For the science fiction novella by William Shunn, see Inclination (novella). Fig. 1: One view of inclination i (green) and other orbital parameters Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of… … Wikipedia
