Sentence examples for orbit point from inspiring English sources

As a consequence of the third law, the north pole of the Moon as projected on the sky (point z), the north pole of the ecliptic (point Z), and the north pole of the lunar orbit (point P, inclined at an angle of about 5°9′ to the ecliptic) all lie close to one another on a great circle.

Observations from orbit pointed to the presence of clay minerals at the base of the mountain, named in honor of Robert P. Sharp, a prominent geologist and Mars expert.

Further, note that BERNESE is not able to generate unique orbits, it rather verifies if the input orbit points come from a physical orbit or not.

It will take another year before scientists pin down its orbit, but it could end up joining an emerging class of extreme solar system objects whose strange orbits point to the hypothetical influence of rogue planets or nearby stars.

Although the new planet's trajectory is still unknown, it could end up joining an emerging class of extreme solar system objects whose strange orbits point to the hypothetical influence of rogue planets or nearby stars.

ACA component testing at Ball provided calibration data necessary for on-orbit pointing control and for post-facto ground processing.

In particular, the aforementioned BCT XACT ADCS system has demonstrated in-orbit pointing performance of 8 arcseconds (1-σ) on the MinXSS 3U CubeSat, this was independently verified by scientific instruments onboard.

It is so massive that Pluto and Charon orbit a point between them, like a pair of dancers spinning each other round.

So it appears to form a hot, smooth disk as the gaseous star remnants orbit the point at which the black hole will overtake them.

New icy world with 20,000-year orbit could point to Planet Nine.

HST uses gyroscopes to stabilize itself in orbit and point accurately and steadily at astronomical targets.