heliosynchronous — 英語辞典

形容詞

1. Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.

   用法

   • not-comparable

   同義語

   Sun-synchronous

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   A heliosynchronous orbit is an orbit [around the Earth] whose plane precesses by [a little less than] one degree a day around the line of the poles, thus keeping the same position in relation to the Earth-Sun line.

2. Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.

   用法

   • not-comparable