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orbital velocity comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
velocity	quantity	The speed and the direction of an object's motion.
orbital velocity	velocity	Velocity required by a body to achieve a circular orbit around its primary: Vorb = (GM / r)1/2.

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