geosynchronous orbit

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   a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours

   Broaderorbit

   Narrowergeostationary orbit

Questions about geosynchronous orbit

What does geosynchronous orbit mean?

geosynchronous orbit means "a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours".

Is geosynchronous orbit a common word?

geosynchronous orbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.