- present participle of orbit.
orbiting
Example Sentences
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"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
