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 Translation for 'earth's orbit' from English to French
astron.
orbite {f} terrestre
earth's orbit
Partial Matches
géol.
noyau {m} terrestre
Earth's core
géol.phys.
rotation {f} de la Terre
earth's rotation
météo.
atmosphère {f} terrestre
Earth's atmosphere
terre {f} à foulonfuller's earth
géol.
écorce {f} terrestre
earth's crust
astron.géol.phys.
champ {m} magnétique terrestre
earth's magnetic field
rougir la terre du sang de ses ennemis to make the earth run red with one's enemies' blood
astronau
orbite {f}
orbit
astron.phys.
graviter
to orbit
astron.
circumambulation {f}
orbit
astron.
orbite {f} galactique
galactic orbit
astron.phys.
graviter autour de qc.
to orbit around sth.
outil.
ponceuse {f} orbitale
random orbit sander
astronau
placer qc. en orbite
to put sth. into orbit
tech.
en orbite basse
in (a) low orbit
géogr.géol.sci.
sciences {f.pl} de la Terre
Earth sciences
arch.écol.
cave {f} naturelle
earth cellar
bot.cuis.T
artichaut {m} de Jérusalem [Helianthus tuberosus]
earth apple
notre mère {f} la TerreMother Earth
Terre {f} [planète]Earth [planet]
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Usage Examples English
  • Once a vehicle leaves low Earth orbit and the protection of Earth's magnetosphere, it enters the Van Allen radiation belt, a region of high radiation.
  • Radio occultation is a remote sensing technique where a GNSS signal tangentially scrapes the Earth, passing through the atmosphere, and is received by a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite.
  • The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit.
  • It stands alone in sending crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit.
  • The UK instead proposed a collaboration with other European countries to build a three-stage launcher capable of placing a one-ton payload into low Earth orbit.

  • Osmium-coated mirrors were flown in several space missions aboard the Space Shuttle, but it soon became clear that the oxygen radicals in low Earth orbit are abundant enough to significantly deteriorate the osmium layer.
  • At low earth orbit altitudes, sufficient atomic oxygen is present to cause corrosion of spacecraft.
  • More than two dozen GPS satellites are in medium Earth orbit, transmitting signals allowing GPS receivers to determine the receiver's location, speed and direction.
  • These are asteroids in a near-Earth orbit without the tail or coma of a comet.
  • Low Earth orbit is sometimes used to cut this delay, at the expense of more complicated satellite tracking on the ground and requiring more satellites in the satellite constellation to ensure continuous coverage.

  • The medium Earth orbit satellite orbits at [...] and uses the Ka band.
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