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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 a astronomical body that revolves around a larger body called?

An astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called a "satellite." This term can refer to natural satellites, like moons that orbit planets, or artificial satellites, which are human-made objects placed into orbit around a celestial body. The larger body being orbited is often referred to as the "primary" or "host" body.


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.


What is the path one body makes as it circles around another?

The path one body makes as it circles around another is called an orbit. This orbit is typically elliptical in shape, although it can also be circular, depending on the gravitational forces and the velocities involved. The body in orbit is influenced by the gravitational pull of the larger mass it is circling, resulting in a curved trajectory defined by the laws of celestial mechanics.

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The path that an object takes every time it moves around another body?

an orbit


What is a astronomical body that revolves around a larger body called?

An astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called a "satellite." This term can refer to natural satellites, like moons that orbit planets, or artificial satellites, which are human-made objects placed into orbit around a celestial body. The larger body being orbited is often referred to as the "primary" or "host" body.


What does celestial orbit mean?

Celestial orbit refers to the curved path that an object in space, such as a planet or satellite, follows around a larger celestial body, typically a star. This orbit is determined by the object's velocity and the gravitational pull of the larger body it is orbiting.


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.


What force keeps a comit in orbit?

The force that keeps a comet in orbit around a larger celestial body, like the sun, is gravity. The gravitational pull between the comet and the larger body keeps the comet moving in a curved path around it.


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.


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.


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 an orbit around orbit called?

An orbit around another orbit is called a "satellite orbit" or a "suborbital path". This occurs when a smaller object orbits around a larger object, which is itself in orbit around another celestial body.


What is the path of one body around another in space called?

The path of one body around another in space is called an orbit. It is the trajectory that a smaller body, such as a planet or moon, follows around a larger body, such as a star or planet, due to gravitational attraction. Orbits can be elliptical, circular, or even parabolic depending on the velocities involved.


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.