Mean motion

n, period and circular speed from altitude: ops cadence baseline.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category orbital. Tags: operations, orbital, reference. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

n = √(μ/a³)

Circular mean motion and period

Primary sources

How do AI agents use this tool?

Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.

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