Heliosynchronous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heliosynchronous is an adjective meaning Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.
Meaning
Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.
More Meanings
- Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include geocyclic, geosynchronous, areosynchronous, circumpolar, heliocentric, heliocentrical.
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