Sentences with phrase «orbit period»
The term "orbit period" refers to the time it takes for an object, like a planet or a satellite, to complete one full orbit around another object, usually a star or a planet. It is the duration it needs to make a complete circle in its path. Full definition
Potential super-Earths — all with estimated diameters (or radii) between 1.5 and 2.2 that of Earth's but with close - orbiting periods of less than 41 days — that were found and released by the Kepler Mission as part of its 306 stars with planetary candidates are listed in the table below by designation number as a «Kepler Object of Interest» (KOI).
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Pluto has an orbit period of 248 years.
And the fact that it occurs every time the moon crosses in front of the face of the planet, means that the signal will repeat once every orbit period and allow astronomers to confirm their detection.
George Musser @markfischetti the orbit periods of Earth and Venus are almost but not quite in an integer ratio
In addition, Star A is a spectroscopic binary (whose companion has been designated as star «C») with an orbit period of only 3.8 days (Defosse et al, 1999).
Next up in the transition to the science operations phase is the first Periapsis Lowering Maneuver, which will lower periapsis to ~ 200 km, and the first Period Reduction Maneuver, which will reduce the orbit period to 5.5 hours.
Dedicated spectroscopy earlier this year confirmed the binary nature, the orbit period from photometry, and that the «heartbeat» is caused by the periastron brightening of the system.