Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.

  2. (not comparable)Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From helio- + synchronous.

From helio- + synchronous.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Sun-synchronous

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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