atmospheric drag
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary:
Top
atmospheric drag
(¦at·mə¦sfir·ik ′drag)
(fluid mechanics) A major perturbation of close artificial satellite orbits caused by the resistance of the atmosphere; the secular effects are decreasing eccentricity, semidiameter, and period.
Related Videos:
Top
atmospheric drag
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more