CELESTIAL ORBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celestial orbit mean? 

• CELESTIAL ORBIT (noun)
  The noun CELESTIAL ORBIT has 1 sense:

1. the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

  Familiarity information: CELESTIAL ORBIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELESTIAL ORBIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

celestial orbit; orbit

Context example:

he plotted the orbit of the moon

Hypernyms ("celestial orbit" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

Meronyms (parts of "celestial orbit"):

apoapsis; point of apoapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited)

periapsis; point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celestial orbit"):

geosynchronous orbit (a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours)