orbital
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The spacecraft will attempt to operate in a quasi-stable orbit around the tiny moon, an unusually difficult maneuver because Phobos does not offer the kind of stable orbital environment found around larger worlds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Current estimates indicate that the second correction and orbital insertion should both require less fuel than originally budgeted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Elon Musk’s company now plans to launch orbital data centers by the end of next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, estimates that a one-gigawatt orbital data center would cost $170 billion, more than triple the cost of a traditional data center.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
By Rutherford’s reckoning, therefore, the helium atom had two orbital electrons and a nucleus comprising four protons and two electrons; radium had 138 electrons and a nucleus of 226 protons and 88 electrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Chemistry - High School
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