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Definition of Orbit period
1. Noun. The time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body. "The orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbit Period
Literary usage of Orbit period
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreative Science: A Record and Remembrancer of Intellectual Observation (1860)
"It was at this return that the comet separated into two parta. u An elliptic
orbit : period assigned, 2721 years. 44 An elliptic orbit ; period assigned, ..."
2. The Observatory (1886)
"Powell's Orbit (period =87 \v as given by Mr. Powell in 'Monthly Notices,' April
1886, page 340, being as follows :— Epoch. Angle. Distance. ..."
3. A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1889)
"The orbit of this comet is liable to much planetary perturbation. 153. An elliptic
orbit; period assigned, 875 years. Visible to the naked eye. 154. ..."
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