elliptical orbit Comparison Table

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elliptical orbit comparison table

Subject has period has definition

commensurate orbit an integral multiple of that of the other body A term applied to two bodies orbiting around a common barycenter when the period of one is an integral multiple of that of the other.

libration orbit proportional to the orbital period An elliptical orbit associated with a stable Lagrangian point.

Subject	has period	has definition
commensurate orbit	an integral multiple of that of the other body	A term applied to two bodies orbiting around a common barycenter when the period of one is an integral multiple of that of the other.
libration orbit	proportional to the orbital period	An elliptical orbit associated with a stable Lagrangian point.

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