The following is a list of types of orbits: Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ...

By orbital characteristics

• Box orbit
• Circular orbit
• Ecliptic orbit
• Elliptic orbit
  • Highly Elliptical Orbit
• Graveyard orbit
• Hohmann transfer orbit
• Hyperbolic trajectory
• Inclined orbit
• Osculating orbit
• Parabolic trajectory
  • Capture orbit
  • Escape orbit

• Semi-synchronous orbit
• Subsynchronous orbit
• Synchronous orbit

In stellar dynamics a box orbit refers to a particular type of orbit which can be seen in triaxial systems, that is, systems which do not possess a symmetry around any of its axes. ... In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a circular orbit is an elliptic orbit with the eccentricity equal to 0. ... Eclipitic orbit is an orbit with inclination to the plane of reference (i. ... Two bodies with similar mass orbiting around a common barycenter with elliptic orbits. ... Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) is an elliptic orbit characterized by a relatively low-altitude perigee and an extremely high-altitude apogee. ... A graveyard orbit is an orbit where spacecraft are intentionally placed at the end of their operational life. ... In astronautics and aerospace engineering, the Hohmann transfer orbit is an orbital maneuver that, under standard assumption, moves a spacecraft from one circular orbit to another using two engine impulses. ... In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a hyperbolic trajectory is an orbit with the eccentricity greater than 1. ... A geostationary orbit occurs when an object (satellite) is placed 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the Earths equator with the characteristic that, from a fixed observation point on the Earths surface, it appears motionless. ... In Astronomy, and in particular in Astrodynamics, the osculating orbit of an object in space is the gravitational Keplerian orbit about a central body which best approximates the (more complex) motion of the object at a given instant in time. ... In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is an orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1. ... A capture orbit is the high-energy parabolic orbit that allows the capture other than crashing directly to the central bodys surface (or atmospheric re_entry). ... An escape orbit (also known as C3 = 0 orbit) is the high-energy parabolic orbit around the central body. ... Semi-Synchronous Orbit (SSO): An orbit with approximately a 12-hour period. ... Unsurprisingly similar to synchronous orbit, this orbit is at a slightly different distance from the Earth, resulting in the satellite drifting slowly eastward. ... A synchronous orbit is an orbit in which an orbiting body (usually a satellite) has a period equal to the average rotational period of the body being orbited (usually a planet), and in the same direction of rotation as that body. ...

Earth-centered orbits

• Geocentric orbit
  • Geosynchronous orbit
    • Geostationary orbit
    • Sun-synchronous orbit
    • Geostationary transfer orbit
  • Low Earth orbit
  • Medium Earth Orbit
  • Molniya orbit
  • Near equatorial orbit
  • Orbit of the Moon
  • Polar orbit
    • Polar sun synchronous orbit
  • Tundra orbit

Geocentric orbit refers to the orbit of any object orbiting the Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with geostationary orbit. ... A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earths equator (0º latitude). ... By analogy with the geosynchronous orbit, a heliosynchronous orbit is a heliocentric orbit of radius 24. ... A geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geostationary orbit (GEO). ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... Intermediate circular orbit (ICO), also called medium earth orbit (MEO), is used by satellites between the altitudes of low earth orbit (up to 1400 km) and geostationary orbit (ca. ... Molniya orbit is a class of a highly elliptic orbit with inclination of +/-63. ... A near equatorial orbit is an orbit that lies close to the equatorial plane of the object orbited. ... The Moon makes a complete orbit about the Earth approximately once every 27. ... A satellite in a polar orbit passes above or nearly above both poles of the planet (or other celestial body) on each revolution. ... A polar sun synchronous orbit is a nearly polar orbit. ... Tundra orbit is a class of a highly elliptic orbit with inclination of 63. ...

Mars-centered orbits

• Areosynchronous orbit
  • Areostationary orbit

Areosynchronous orbits are class of synchronous orbits for artificial satellites around the planet Mars. ... An areostationary orbit (abbreviated ASO) is a circular areo­synchronous orbit in the Martian equatorial plane 11,000 km above the surface, any point on which revolves about Mars in the same direction and with the same period as the Martian surface. ...

Moon-centered orbits

• Lunar orbit

In astronomy, lunar orbit refers just to the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. ...

Sun-centered orbits

• Heliocentric orbit
  • Heliosynchronous orbit