- present participle of orbit.
orbiting
Example Sentences
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The job of the orbiting receivers now was to determine in a split second which of Aurich’s variations would work in that particular scenario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The plan calls for the rocket to finish its journey in the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth six times.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Last year, the same research team reported similar results for Miranda, another icy moon orbiting Uranus.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink declared this week that the United States has weapons orbiting in outer space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
This system contains two neutron stars orbiting each other, and the energy they are losing by the emission of gravitational waves is causing them to spiral in toward each other.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
