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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..
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.
Use heliosynchronous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heliosynchronous means 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..
Common synonyms include Sun-synchronous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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