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A natural body that rotates around a planet is a satellite, as in a moon. Man made satellites (artificial satellites) are made mostly of metal and rotate around earth looking at weather patterns or orbiting other planets for information. When they say Neptune has eleven satellites, they mean moons orbiting the planet, not man made ones. There doesn't have to be anyone there for there to be satellites of both kinds there.
The planet Mercury completes one orbital revolution around the sun in 88 earth days.
That appears to the orbital period of Earth around the Sun, but I think the digits past 365.25 are not correct.
exactly a year
revolution
Satellite orbital spacing refers to the distance between different satellites in orbit around the Earth. This spacing is carefully planned to prevent collisions and to optimize coverage, communication, and other functions of the satellite network. Satellite operators coordinate with each other and regulatory bodies to ensure safe and efficient use of orbital space.
It means that one of the satellites does two revolutions around the planet in the same time that the other does one revolution.
the communication satellites take 24 hours to complete their one revolution around the earthso the orbit of revolving satellite is called geostationary orbit.
A natural body that revolves around a planet is called a moon. Moons are celestial objects that orbit planets as a result of gravitational attraction. They vary in size and composition, and can have significant effects on their host planet.
Probes are unmanned spacecraft that can be sent to explore celestial bodies within our solar system, typically requiring lower orbital and escape velocities compared to satellites. Satellites are objects that orbit a planet or celestial body, including artificial satellites launched into orbit around Earth. Satellites often require higher orbital and escape velocities due to their continuous or prolonged presence in orbit.
It depends on the radius of the orbit. Different orbit radii have different orbital periods. As an example, one of Mars's natural satellites, Phobos takes 7.66 hours to orbit Mars. It's orbital radius is around 9,400 km.
Because its distance from Earth is roughly 238,000 miles. The time it takes a satellite body to revolve around its central body is completely determined by the shape and size of its orbit, and has nothing to do with the size or mass of the satellite. In the case of the Earth as the central body ... -- satellites at an orbital distance of 350 km, like the International Space Station, take about 90 minutes to revolve; -- satellites at an orbital distance of about 22,000 miles are 'geosynchronous' ... they take 24 hours to revolve; -- satellites at an orbital distance of 238,000 miles, like the moon, take 27.32 days to revolve.
A satellite is an object that orbits around a larger object in space. These can be natural satellites, like the moon orbiting Earth, or artificial satellites, such as those used for communication, weather forecasting, and navigation. Artificial satellites are launched into orbit by rockets and can serve a variety of purposes.
Satellite. Satellites can be natural, like the Moon, or artificial like GPS satellites.
The moon is considered a satellite because it revolves around Earth. Satellites are any object that revolves around another in space.
Satellites. The moon is a natural satellite. What you and I commonly call satellites are man-made, of course.
The sun does not have satellites. Satellites are natural or artificial objects that orbit around a larger celestial body, such as planets orbiting the sun. The sun itself is a star and does not have any smaller objects orbiting around it.