orbit

Example Sentences

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In the High North, satellites orbiting the equator can often be obscured by the curvature of the Earth, meaning fewer visible satellites than elsewhere on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal

She melted into a crowd led by Goodyear staff, directing the fans around the entirety of the blimp — tiny planets orbiting a sun, pulled in by a gravitational force of awe and admiration.

From Los Angeles Times

And there was one fellow singer who made clear she wouldn't be following Perry into orbit...

From BBC

Globally, several concepts are already being discussed, including capturing small asteroids that pass close to Earth and placing them into circumlunar orbit for study and resource use.

From Science Daily

The company also said that it will be the largest commercial phased array in low-Earth orbit, or LEO.

From MarketWatch