orbit
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- noun
- /ˈɔrbɪt/
- Specialized
- One of our satellites is falling out of orbit.
- Earth orbit
- satellites in orbit
- telescope in orbit
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Watch on YouTubeSo you can sustain orbits, however delicate they are.
- So you can sustain orbits, however delicate they are.
- It was a Jupiter inside the orbit of Mercury.
- We think that all of that stuff in the wild orbits is what we call irregular moons.
- There will be scientific research at a much higher level in orbit, commercial scientific research.
- And with that data, you can then work out the orbits of those stars.
- We have Juno in orbit around Jupiter.
- So for decades, rockets that carried their payload into orbit couldn't be reused.
- It's, it's not this orbit, this so.
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That takes an hour and a half to change orbit.
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In your geosynchronous orbit above the planet.
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We need a man in orbit, or it's all over.
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And the third thing is that the planet needs to have cleared its orbit around its star.
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In these systems, the pulsar and a relatively ordinary star orbit around each other.
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The ship crossed the orbit of Mars well ahead of the looming red planet.
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In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit.
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The satellite entered a stable orbit around the Earth after several adjustments.
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Scientists study the orbit of Mars to understand its seasonal changes.
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The asteroid was detected in its elliptical orbit, crossing the path of other celestial bodies.
Synonyms
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One complete turn around a central point, like a planet or wheel
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The path an electron takes around the center of an atom
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A path in space that a planet or moon follows around a bigger object such as a star
Compounds
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A path around Earth where a satellite goes once every 24 hours and stays above the same place each day
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An orbit around Earth where a satellite stays above the same point on the equator
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A path in space that a planet or moon follows around a bigger object such as a star
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The angle that shows how tilted an orbit is to Earth's path around the Sun
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Etymology
The word orbit comes from Latin orbis ('circle') and orbita ('path' or 'wheel track'); picture a path made by a wheel going round and round. So an orbit is the curved path a planet, satellite, or electron follows around another object.