Angle between a reference plane and the plane of an orbit
"Inclination" redirects here. For other uses, see Inclination (disambiguation).
Fig. 1: Orbital inclination represented by i (dark green), along with other fundamental orbital parameters
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Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a reference plane and the orbital plane or axis of direction of the orbiting object.
For a satellite orbiting the Earth directly above the Equator, the plane of the satellite's orbit is the same as the Earth's equatorial plane, and the satellite's orbital inclination is 0°. The general case for a circular orbit is that it is tilted, spending half an orbit over the northern hemisphere and half over the southern. If the orbit swung between 20° north latitude and 20° south latitude, then its orbital inclination would be 20°.
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Orbitalinclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a reference plane and the orbital...
Orbitalinclination change is an orbital maneuver aimed at changing the inclination of an orbiting body's orbit. This maneuver is also known as an orbital...
particular inclination keeps the perigee shift small. Areosynchronous orbit (ASO): A synchronous orbit around the planet Mars with an orbital period equal...
the nodal precession of its orbital plane and axial precession of the moon itself. The mean inclination of the lunar orbit to the ecliptic plane is 5.145°...
A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours...
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perform an orbitalinclination change maneuver once on orbit, such maneuvers are typically among the most costly, in terms of fuel, of all orbital maneuvers...
required until the satellite reaches its final orbit. The orbitalinclination of a GTO is the angle between the orbit plane and the Earth's equatorial plane....
mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods...
and its orbital axis, which is the line perpendicular to its orbital plane; equivalently, it is the angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane...
in 2001 of frozen orbits occurring at four orbitalinclinations: 27°, 50°, 76°, and 86°, in which a spacecraft can stay in a low orbit indefinitely. The...
artificial satellite orbiting another planet, it is convenient to define the inclination of the Moon's orbit as the angle between its orbital plane and the planet's...
proper orbital elements Beta angle Ephemeris Geopotential model OrbitalinclinationOrbital state vectors Proper orbital elements Osculating orbit For example...
object's inclination indicates whether the object's orbit is prograde or retrograde. The inclination of a celestial object is the angle between its orbital plane...
current inclination relative to the invariable plane (the plane that represents the angular momentum of the Solar System—approximately the orbital plane...
{\displaystyle i} is the orbitalinclination, and T {\displaystyle T} is the orbital period. List of orbitsOrbitalinclination Non-inclined orbit Basics of the...
orbit (GEO) exhibit a 53-year cycle of orbitalinclination due to the interaction of the Earth's tilt with the lunar orbit. The orbitalinclination varies...
Tundra orbit (Russian: орбита «Тундра») is a highly elliptical geosynchronous orbit with a high inclination (approximately 63.4°), an orbital period of...
gravitation. Orbital mechanics is a core discipline within space-mission design and control. Celestial mechanics treats more broadly the orbital dynamics...
captured in orbital resonances with Planet Nine was smaller if it had a circular orbit, and that fewer objects reached high inclinationorbits. Investigations...
is divided into two sections: the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) assembled by Roscosmos, and the US Orbital Segment, assembled by NASA, JAXA, ESA and CSA...
larger bodies such as Pallas, "planetoid"). With an orbitalinclination of 34.8°, Pallas's orbit is unusually highly inclined to the plane of the asteroid...
An orbital pole is either point at the ends of the orbital normal, an imaginary line segment that runs through a focus of an orbit (of a revolving body...
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