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Orbital velocity

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-007727

The speed at which an object travels along its orbit around another celestial body. This velocity is determined by the mass of the central body, the distance of the orbiting object from it, and the shape of the orbit. For a stable circular orbit around Earth, the orbital velocity is approximately 7.8 kilometers per second at low Earth orbit.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-007727
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-MET-007727",
  "term": "Orbital velocity",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The speed at which an object travels along its orbit around another celestial body. This velocity is determined by the mass of the central body, the distance of the orbiting object from it, and the shape of the orbit. For a stable circular orbit around Earth, the orbital velocity is approximately 7.8 kilometers per second at low Earth orbit.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/orbital-velocity/"
}

Record 6,790 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.