Apsidal precession, where the major axis of an elliptical orbit cycles its orientation within its orbital plane.
Nodal precession, where non-spherical objects cause orbiting objects to change their orbits.
Not to be confused with:
Axial precession, where the rotation axis of a spinning object traces a conical path like a top.
Topics referred to by the same term
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