Orbit vs Apoapsis - What's the difference?
orbit | apoapsis |
A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
A sphere of influence; an area of control.
The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
(anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
(physics) The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus.
(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
To circle or revolve around another object.
To move around the general vicinity of something.
To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
As nouns the difference between orbit and apoapsis
is that orbit is a circular or elliptical path of one object around another object while apoapsis is (astronomy) the point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.As a verb orbit
is to circle or revolve around another object.orbit
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
- In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
- The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit , as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
Derived terms
* *Verb
(en verb)- The Earth orbits the Sun.
- The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.
- A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.
