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A heliocentric orbit is an orbit around the Sun. In our Solar System, all planets, comets, and asteroids are in such orbits, as are many artificial probes and pieces of debris. The Moon, by contrast, is not in a heliocentric orbit as it orbits the Earth.

The helio- prefix is derived from the ancient Greek word helios, meaning "sun", and also Helios, the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology.¹

References

^ "helio-". Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. (2008). Retrieved on 2008-08-23.

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Orbits

Types

General	Box · Capture · Circular · Elliptical / Highly elliptical · Escape · Graveyard · Hyperbolic trajectory · Inclined / Non-inclined · Osculating · Parabolic trajectory · Parking · Synchronous (semi · sub)

Geocentric	Geosynchronous · Geostationary · Sun-synchronous · Low Earth · Medium Earth · Molniya · Near-equatorial · Orbit of the Moon · Polar · Tundra

Other	Areosynchronous · Areostationary · Halo · Lissajous · Lunar · Heliocentric · Heliosynchronous

Parameters

Classical	$i\,\!$ Inclination · $\Omega\,\!$ Longitude of the ascending node · $e\,\!$ Eccentricity · $\omega\,\!$ Argument of periapsis · $a\,\!$ Semi-major axis · $M_o\,\!$ Mean anomaly at epoch

Other	$\nu\,\!$ True anomaly · $b\,\!$ Semi-minor axis · $\epsilon\,\!$ Linear eccentricity · $E\,\!$ Eccentric anomaly · $L\,\!$ Mean longitude · $l\,\!$ True longitude · $T\,\!$ Orbital period

Maneuvers

Bi-elliptic transfer · Geostationary transfer · Gravity assist · Hohmann transfer · Inclination change · Phasing · Rendezvous · Transposition, docking, and extraction

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