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Mean Orbital Speed

Description

The orbital speed of a body, generally a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. It can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed or the speed at a particular point in its orbit. Taking into account the mass of the orbiting body,

Related formulas

Variables

uoOrbital Speed (m/s)
miiMass of the body being orbited (kg)
GNewtonian constant of gravitation
miMass of the body at the center of the orbit (kg)
rDistance of the center of mass of the two bodies (m)