Trajectory vs Orbit - What's the difference?
trajectory | orbit |
(astronomy, space) The path of a body as it travels through space.
(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.
Metaphorically, a course of development, such as that of a war or career.
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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.
As nouns the difference between trajectory and orbit
is that trajectory is the path of a body as it travels through space while orbit is a circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.As a verb orbit is
to circle or revolve around another object.trajectory
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(wikipedia trajectory)Noun
(trajectories)citation, passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory' of ''Mycoplasma'' went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary ' trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
Derived terms
* (sense)orbit
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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.
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* *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.