Areocentric orbit

An areocentric orbit is an orbit around the planet Mars. The Moon, by similarity, is in a geocentric orbit around Earth.

The areo- prefix is derived from the ancient Greek word Ares which is the personification of the planet Mars in Greek mythology.^[1]

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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				Other
$i\,\!$	Inclination	$\omega\,\!$	Argument of periapsis	$\nu\,$	True anomaly	$L\,$	Mean longitude
$\Omega\,\!$	Longitude of the ascending node	$a\,\!$	Semi-major axis	$b\,$	Semi-minor axis	$l\,$	True longitude
$e\,\!$	Eccentricity	$M_o\,\!$	Mean anomaly at epoch	$\epsilon\,$	Linear eccentricity	$T\,$	Orbital period
				$E\,$	Eccentric anomaly

Maneuvers

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