orbiting

Example Sentences

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In 2018, for example, it was announced that there was a new candidate for a dwarf planet orbiting the Sun, known as 2017 OF201.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

To address these obstacles, a team led by Airi Toida and Prof. Yuichiro Ezoe of Tokyo Metropolitan University has proposed using a compact X-ray telescope on a satellite orbiting the Moon.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Data center developers, power producers, and clean energy companies orbiting them often can’t, and must borrow or sell stock to build the products that generate profits.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The institute said the team identified nearly 74 million narrowband signals, but ultimately traced them back to technology on the Earth’s surface or orbiting satellites.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

I bet we looked like the solar system, with me being the sun and Byron being the orbiting Earth.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis