osculating orbit

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Noun

1. The orbit that an astronomical body such as a [[planet]], [[asteroid]], [[comet]] or [[satellite]] would follow if suddenly all [[perturbing]] forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear.

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