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That sketchy description could be applied to a planet, a satellite,
a moon, an asteroid, a comet, a meteoroid, or even an electron.
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What is the definititon of orbit?
An "orbit" is the path traced as one body moves round another body under the influence of gravity.
When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body?
Its means that if there is a planet, for example: Earth, The Earth is surrounded by the moon....so its actually means that a planet is surrounded by something else/A Planet
What is the motion of a body around another in space?
The motion is an orbit. The two bodies take up elliptical orbits about their common centre of mass. When one body is far more massive, like the Sun, it hardly moves and the lighter object (a planet) does all the dashing about.
Does Jupiter travel most slowly around the sun when at aphelion?
Anything in a gravitational orbit moves most slowly whenthe distance between it and the central body is greatest.
Path of one body in space around another is?
The circular path is known as an orbit.
The path that an object takes every time it moves around another body?
an orbit
How do you define an orbit in astronomy?
An orbit is the circular or elliptical motion of one smaller body around another larger body due to gravitational attraction.
Why are moons always smaller then the planets they orbit?
A smaller body always orbits around a larger body rather than the other way around because the larger body has more gravity
What is a body that moves in a path around a larger body?
Sure. It might be. I would have to know what A was and additional to answer the question correctly.
An is the path followed by a satellite or celestial body as it goes around a larger mass?
an orbit (usually an ellipse)
What is the definititon of orbit?
An "orbit" is the path traced as one body moves round another body under the influence of gravity.
If altitude increases the required orbital speed of a satellite should?
For any body in a closed orbit around another body, the farther apart the two bodies are, the slower the satellite moves in its orbit.. When the Space Shuttle is in "low earth orbit", it moves faster than the Moon is moving in its orbit. A satellite in an elongated orbit, that spends some of the time close to the earth and some of the time farther away, moves fastest at its lowest altitude, and slowest when it is furthest away.
What is an orbit in outer space?
pathway that a celestial body follows. Planets, comets, asteroids orbit the Sun. Moons orbit their planets. The Solar System orbits the Galactic Center.It is the imaginary pathway that a body in space follows as it moves around another body. The earth and the other planets orbit the sun, and various moons orbit their host planets.
What is the name of a body or object that orbits a larger body?
There is no specific name since all sorts of objects can orbit a larger body. A galaxy, for example, can orbit the centre of a galactic cluster.
When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body?
Its means that if there is a planet, for example: Earth, The Earth is surrounded by the moon....so its actually means that a planet is surrounded by something else/A Planet
Give an example of an object that 1 moves and 2 has a force exerted on it but no work is performed on the object?
A body in a circular orbit around the earth or sun is moving. There is a gravitational force attracting it towards the central body, but gravity does no work on it. Since the orbit is circular, the object never moves toward the central body, so the force of gravity never moves it through a distance in the direction of the force.
What is the motion of a body around another in space?
The motion is an orbit. The two bodies take up elliptical orbits about their common centre of mass. When one body is far more massive, like the Sun, it hardly moves and the lighter object (a planet) does all the dashing about.
