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Why is the earth's and orbit nearly in the planet of the sun's and equator?
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What is the inclination of a satellite to the earths equator?
There is no set inclination of a satellites orbit to the earth's equator. Once in space, the spin of the earth or where it's poles happen to be become irrelevant to the satellite. Many satellites like spy and weather satellites orbit over the two poles (north and south) while communication satellites are placed in orbit directly above the equator at a height that is synchronised with the earth's orbit. This way they stay permanently above the same place on the equator and do not APPEAR to move at all.
What is the approximate compression of the earths orbit around the sun?
The Earth's orbit is almost circular. Technically, the "eccentricity" of the orbit is about 0.0167.
What is an equatorial satellite?
A satellite in an equatorial orbit flies along the plane of the Earth's equator. If an orbit does not lie at an equatorial orbit, then it will not remain at a fixed state.
The satellites of Uranus revolve around the planet in planes almost what to its orbit?
The satellites of Uranus revolve around the planet in planes almost perpendicular to its orbit.
What are the main differences between geostationary orbit and polar orbit?
A polar orbit is an Orbit in which a Satellite passes above or nearly above both of the Geographical poles of the body (usually a planet such as the Earth, but possibly another body such as the Sun being orbited on each revolution. It therefore has an Inclination of (or very close to) 90 degrees to the Equator. Except in the special case of a polar Geosynchronous orbit, a satellite in a polar orbit will pass over the equator at a different Longitude on each of its orbits.A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a circular orbit directly above the Earth's Equator From the ground, a geostationary object appears motionless in the sky and is therefore the Orbit of most interest to operators of Communication Satellites. Their orbital periods (time taken to revolve around earth) is exactly the same as the planet's (such as Earth's) rotational period. The Geosynchronous orbit is approximately 36,000 km above Earth's surface.geostionary satellites are positioned at an exact height above the earth, at this height they orbit the earth at the same speed at which the earth rotates on its axis whereas polar satellites have a much lower orbit, orbiting the earth quite quickly, scanning different areas of the earth at fairly infrequent periods.
Which planet in the solar system orbits with its equator nearly perpendicular to its orbit?
The planet is Uranus.
The planet with the orbit closest to Earths orbit is?
Venus
What planets orbit is farthest from earths?
Neptune is the outermost planet, and is farthest from Earth's orbit.
What planet is not large enough to be called a planet?
The 3 attributes of a planet: 1. is in orbit around the Sun 2. is nearly round 3. has cleared its orbit
What planet is considered Earth's sister planet and why?
Venus is closest to the Earths size and mass - often referred to as Earths sister or twin planet. Its also the planet that gets closest to Earth, the next one orbiting inside earths orbit.
What planet orbit around the sun is most nearly circular?
Mercury
Does earths mass determine its location in the solar system?
No. A planet's mass does not determine the position of its orbit.
What is the shape of the path of a planet around the sun called?
An eliptical orbit. In theory a planet could also have a circular orbit, but no planet that we know of has a perfectly circular orbit, although some have a nearly circular orbit.
Which planet's axis of rotation is perpendicular to the plane of its orbit?
That plane contains what is called the celestial equator, the projection into space of earth's equator. Not to be confused with the ecliptic, which is the plane containing earth's orbit around the sun.
How many days are in planet years?
depends on the planet, and it's orbit For instance, mars has an orbit that is nearly double of earth's. So it's calendar will nearly be double in number of days. Assuming that they have the same spin on their axis. But that is an entirely different calculation.
Is it possible that another planet we haven't found is following earths orbit?
Not a planet of any significant size, which would be easy to see, but it is possible that some pieces of rock are in a similar orbit to the Earth at the five Lagrangian Points of the Earth's orbit.
Why isn't there 2 eclipses every time the moon orbits the earth?
Because the sun, moon and earth are not always in alignment. The moon does not orbit the earth about the earths equator. The earths axis is tilted so the orbit around the sun does not always align with that of the moons orbit around the earth
