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Synchronous rotation — Due to synchronous rotation of their moon, the inhabitants of the central body will never be able to see its side marked with green. In astronomy, synchronous rotation is a planetological term describing a body orbiting another, where the… … Wikipedia
synchronous rotation — Astron. rotation of a satellite in which the period of rotation is equal to the period of orbit around its primary, leaving the same face always pointing toward the primary: The moon is in synchronous rotation about the earth. [1970 75] … Useful english dictionary
Synchronous orbit — A synchronous orbit is an orbit in which an orbiting body (usually a satellite) has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited (usually a planet), and in the same direction of rotation as that body.PropertiesA… … Wikipedia
synchronous satellite — synchronous satellite, an artificial satellite whose orbit is synchronous with the rotation of the earth on its axis. It orbits the earth once every 24 hours at a fixed altitude above the equator, and thus appears to be stationary; geostationary… … Useful english dictionary
synchronous orbit — noun (Military) A satellite orbit where the orbital period is equal to, or multiples of, the Earth’s rotational period; i.e. making one, two, three, etc., orbits in a 24 hour period. ::Examples include geosynchronous (period equals Earth’s… … Wiktionary
synchronous motor — noun electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑electric motor … Useful english dictionary
Sun-synchronous orbit — Diagram showing the orientation of a Sun synchronous orbit (green) in four points of the year. A non sun synchronous orbit (magenta) is also shown for reference A Sun synchronous orbit (sometimes called a heliosynchronous orbit) is a geocentric… … Wikipedia
Shaded-pole synchronous motor — Shaded pole synchronous motors are a class of AC motor.Like a shaded pole induction motor, they use field coils with additional copper shading coils (see the illustration) to produce a weakly rotating magnetic field. But unlike a shaded pole… … Wikipedia
Binary Synchronous Communications — Binary Synchronous Communication (BSC or Bisync) is an IBM link protocol, announced in 1967 after the introduction of System/360. It replaced the synchronous transmit receive (STR) protocol used with second generation computers. The intent was… … Wikipedia
orbit, synchronous satellite — The path followed by a communications satellite that is at such a distance above the earth (about 35,880 km) that the satellite keeps pace with the earth s rotation and thus hovers above a particular point on the earth … IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations
