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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Clarke orbit en · NOUN

Etymology

From Arthur C. Clarke, who first proposed placing communications satellites in such an orbit.

Meanings

  1. geostationary orbit
  2. stationary orbit (an orbit around any body)

Forms

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Relateds

Clarke belt · heliosynchronous orbit · GSO

Synonyms

GEO