Physics GCSE
Artificial satellites: geostationary and polar orbits
What Artificial satellites: geostationary and polar orbits means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Human-made objects placed in orbit, often around Earth; a geostationary satellite orbits above the equator with a period of 24 hours, and a polar satellite passes over the poles in a lower orbit.
Topics that use Artificial satellites: geostationary and polar orbits
- Beyond Earth (OCR GCSE)
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