stable orbit

collocation in English

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stable
adjective
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/ˈsteɪ.bəl/us
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/
firmly fixed or not likely to move ...
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orbit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɔː.bɪt/us
/ˈɔːr.bɪt/
the curved path through which objects in space move around a planet ...
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(Definition ofstableandorbitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The satellite did not reach astableorbit.
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In other words, an asteroid is captured when the asteroid reaches astableorbitaround the planet that it was heading towards.
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The gravitational pull that each planet has on the other, known as orbital resonance, keeps the planets in astableorbit.
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As a result of this, it's likely that the asteroid will remain in astableorbitfor thousands of years.
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Meanwhile, the planet is approaching aphelion, and nobody is entirely certain that it is in astableorbitaround the sun.
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The on-board propulsion system was used to move the satellite into a slightly higherstableorbit.
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On the other hand, a trojan on astableorbitneed not be primordial.
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As a result of this, it is likely that the asteroid will remain in astableorbitfor thousands of years.
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However, where the separation is significantly less, astableorbitmay be impossible.
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Previous predictions portrayed the system'sstableorbitas likely to last for another seven million years.
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The planets then migrate inwards to the star where they eventually form astableorbit.
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Astableorbitmoves on a torus in phase space, and neighboring trajectories wind around it.
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In astableorbitthe binding energy is a local minimum relative to parameter perturbation.
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Any space launch without an orbit-optimization correction to achieve astableorbitwill result in a suborbital space flight, unless there is sufficient thrust to leave orbit completely.
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In order to land safely or enter astableorbitthe spacecraft must rely entirely on rocket motors since aerobraking is ruled out because the planet has very little atmosphere.
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The stable orbits have an infinite number of other longer-periodic orbits turning around them an integer number of windings.
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With this information, the scientists will be able to determine how the magnets should be calibrated to gain the moststableorbitof the beams in the ring.
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Some asteroids appear to have very stable orbits.
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The paramagnetic effect for stable orbits decreases from its maximum at the point of orbital instability, and goes to zero as the normalized axial magnetic field goes to infinity.
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