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heliosynchronous

The English word “heliosynchronous” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Describing an orbit around the Earth where each passage in the same direction along a given latitude will occur throughout the year at the same true solar time.
  2. Describing an orbit around the Sun in which the period of revolution is the same as the Sun's period of rotation.

Etymology

From helio- + synchronous.

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