P/2 orbit
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
P/2 orbit (plural P/2 orbits)
- (space flight) A lunar-resonant orbit about the Earth with a period of 1/2 that of the Moon's (P/2 is an orbit that is approximately a fortnight long)
Coordinate terms[edit]
(orbits about the Earth)
- LEO (“low Earth orbit”)
- MEO (“medium Earth orbit”)
- HEO (“high Earth orbit”)
- GEO (“geostationary equatorial Earth orbit”)
- GTO (“geostationary transfer Earth orbit”)
- GSO (“geosynchronous Earth orbit”)
- SSO (“Sun synchronous Earth orbit”)
- ICO (“intermediate circular Earth orbit”)
- LTO (“Lunar transfer Earth orbit”)