Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an orbit that has a period of one sidereal day.
- adjective Geostationary.
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- adjective Refers to the
orbit of asatellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth. A special case is thegeostationary orbit which is is circular and equatorial, so that the satellite appears to be fixed over a particular point on Earth's sky.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)
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Examples
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-- Technology development should give top priority to a demonstration solar power satellite in geosynchronous orbit;
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The Captain, being in geosynchronous orbit, … would be aware of this as he would drift away from the Earth until pressed against the far wall.
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The Captain, being in geosynchronous orbit, was being accelerated.
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We have every reason to belive that building solar-electric generating stations in geosynchronous orbit & relaying the energy generated down to Earth is fully practicable.
MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration? 2008
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Nine hundred million miles and three hours later (not counting time dilation), we were in geosynchronous orbit over Saturn.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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In the first fifty pages of Century Rain, the reader is introduced to several components of world-building that include a Nanocaust, the remnants of humanity populating space habitats in geosynchronous orbit with a frozen Earth, a genetically modified race, a murder mystery, a courtroom scene, alternate worlds and time travel (of sorts).
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The only satellites that are truly distant from Earth are the several hundred in geosynchronous orbit, a tenth of the way to the moon.
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The only satellites that are truly distant from Earth are the several hundred in geosynchronous orbit, a tenth of the way to the moon.
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Laredo’s tugship was idling peacefully in geosynchronous orbit.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Laredo’s tugship was idling peacefully in geosynchronous orbit.
365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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