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parabolic orbit

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 631805 Last modified 25.11.2022
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Domain space travelspacecraft & rocketsastronomy
paraboolorbiit preferred
parabolic orbit preferred
  • kosmosesõiduki või taevakeha paraboolikujuline orbiit
  • an orbit shaped like parabola; the orbit representing the least eccentricity for escape from an attracting body
paraboolorbiit preferred
parabolic orbit preferred
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  • The parabolic orbit is the borderline case between open and closed orbits and therefore identifies the border line condition between space vehicles that are tied to paths (elliptical) in the general vicinity of their parent planet and those that can take up paths (hyperbolic) extending to regions remote from their parent planet.

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