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halo orbit

noun

Etymology

First used by NASA mission specialist Robert W. Farquhar in 1966 for calculated orbits around the Earth–Moon L₂ point which required the use of thrusters to be made periodic.

Definitions

  1. A periodic, three-dimensional orbit about any one of the Lagrange points L₁, L₂ or L₃ of…

    A periodic, three-dimensional orbit about any one of the Lagrange points L₁, L₂ or L₃ of a two-body gravitational system.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for halo orbit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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