Heliosynchronous

"Heliosynchronous" in a Sentence (1 examples)

A heliosynchronous orbit is an orbit [around the Earth] whose plane precesses by [a little less than] one degree a day around the line of the poles, thus keeping the same position in relation to the Earth-Sun line.

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