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Meanings of hyperbolic orbit in English

Russian
гиперболическая орбита
Portuguese
trajetória hiperbólica
Catalan
trajectòria hiperbòlica
Spanish
trayectoria hiperbólica

Trajectory of any object around a central body with more than enough speed to escape the central object's gravitational pull.

        гиперболическая орбита
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        Examples for "hyperbolic trajectory"
        Examples for "hyperbolic trajectory"
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        Any object with a parabolic or hyperbolic trajectory moves so fast that it will never return.
        Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
        Usage of hyperbolic orbit in English
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        It would continue around the sun in a hyperbolic orbit and head back into the infinite black with no way to return.
        The Sails of Tau Ceti