在一些科普资料、有关的物理教材、习题甚至考试命题中,把地球同步轨道说成地球静止轨道,把地球同步卫星说成地球静止卫星的屡见不鲜.例如,人民教育出版社出版的高中物理第三册(必修)第96页,在介绍通信卫星时是这样说明的:通信卫星的轨道一般都采用“地球静止轨道”,也称“地球 In some popular science materials, relevant physical textbooks, exercises, and even examination propositions, geosynchronous orbits are regarded as geostationary orbits, and geosynchronous satellites are often referred to as geostationary satellites. For example, the Third High School Physics published by the People’s Education Press The book (required) on page 96 describes the communication satellites as follows: the orbits of communication satellites generally use the “geostationary orbit”, also called "earth.