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synchronous orbit

syn·chro·nous or·bit (plural syn·chro·nous or·bits)


noun 
Definition:
 
orbit in time with orbited object: an orbit that keeps time with the rotation of the orbited object, so that the orbiting body is always directly over the same point on the surface of the orbited body

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