Usage of "elliptical orbit"

russo

эллиптическая орбита

português

órbita elíptica

espanhol

orbita elíptica

catalão

òrbita altament el·líptica

Kepler's orbit with an eccentricity of less than 1.

elliptic orbit

órbita elíptica

Uso de elliptical orbit em inglês

It will simply become a space station, moving in a ten-hour elliptical orbit. 
 The Fountains of Paradise 

A nice elliptical orbit, apogee a thousand odd miles, perigee, sixty-seventy-perhaps 
 Far from Home 

We may fall forever in an elliptical orbit, lamented the puppeteer. 
 Ringworld 

The probe's unique, elliptical orbit will support the first global picture of Mars' weather. 
 The South African 

Our neighbour has an elliptical orbit, which means its distance from us frequently changes. 
 The South African 

The seasons are very asymmetric because of Pluto's elliptical orbit. 
 Wired 

Consciousness was something in wide elliptical orbit around my head. 
 Altered carbon 

They're in an elliptical orbit, ninety-one thousand kilometres by one hundred and seventy thousand four-degree inclination. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

The movement of the earth, for instance, is not, strictly speaking, performed in an elliptical orbit. 
 Great Astronomers 

It's a moon that appears bigger to us, because again, the moon follows an elliptical orbit. 
 Wired 

The moon moves around the earth in an elliptical orbit that takes about 29 days to complete. 
 News.com.au 

It was then put in an elliptical orbit, where it was due to remain for some 12 hours. 
 The Irish Times 

By describing this elliptical orbit the projectile was going to gravitate eternally round the moon like a sub-satellite. 
 The Moon-Voyage 

A GTO is an elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane. 
 The South African 

It's now in an elliptical orbit around the sun, and will eventually pass near Mars as part of its journey. 
 The South African 

Instead of losing itself in interplanetary space, it is probable that the projectile will describe an elliptical orbit around the moon. 
 From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon 