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| x Galactocentric orbit |
An orbit about the center of a galaxy. Earth's sun follows this type of orbit about the galactic center of the Milky Way.
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| x Heliocentric orbit |
A heliocentric orbit (also called circumsolar orbit) is an orbit around the Sun. In our Solar System, all planets, comets, and asteroids are in such orbits, as are many artificial probes and pieces of debris. Ganymede, by contrast, is not in a...
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| x Geocentric orbit |
A geocentric orbit involves any object orbiting the Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. Currently there are approximately 2,465 artificial satellites orbiting the Earth and 6,216 pieces of space debris as tracked by the Goddard Space...
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