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box orbit

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ID 1126693 Last modified 18.12.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • tähesüsteemi gravitatsioonipotentsiaalis liikuva testkeha orbiit, mille puhul (1) aja jooksul testkeha ei liigu potentsiaali keskkohast kuitahes lähedalt mööda, vaid jääb sellest alati lõplikule kaugusele, (2) testkeha omab keskkoha suhtes impulssmomenti (pöörlemist)
  • orbit where the star eventually passes close to every point inside a rectangular box, remaining on a final distance form the centre of the gravitational potential
kastorbiit
box orbit
Usage examples
  • Box orbits appear to play a key role for triaxial hot self-consistent stellar systems—just as the near-circular orbits do for cool fast-rotating disk systems.

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