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Keplerian orbit

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Keplerian orbit [ke′plir·ē·ən ′ȯr·bət]
(astronomy)
An elliptical orbit of a celestial body about another, the latter at a focus of the ellipse. Also known as Keplerian ellipse.


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Looking for evidence of planetarysystems other than our own, astronomers search nebulas that surround various strs for evidence that the material follows Keplerian orbits.
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