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Rosette or rose shaped orbit

Rosette or rose shaped orbit

Image of rosette orbital on white. Rosette or rose shaped orbits occur when a body (red sphere) orbits around an attractor (yellow sphere) and the force pulling the body to the attractor is inversely proportional to its distance from the attractor (proportional to 1/r). Because the force gets stronger the closer the body gets, it speeds up as it approaches the attractor (the pink tracer dots are further apart near the attractor).

Illustration ID: ASTRO-Rosetta-Orbit-5
Russell Kightley
Illustration size: 25.0 Mpixels (71.5 MB uncompressed) - 5000x5000 pixels (16.7x16.7 in / 42.3x42.3 cm at 300 ppi)
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