orbiting

Synonyms

wheeling astronautics orbiter orbital rounding revolve encircling clockwise go around revolve around counterclockwise circling rocketry backgrounding revolving
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Antonyms

steadying

Phrases with the word

artificial satellite orbiting earth de-orbiting polar orbiting re-orbiting low-orbiting

Examples

Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it! Yuri Gagarin

Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago. Ursula Goodenough

Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation. Anne Lamott

Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue. Marc Garneau

My name is Patrick, and I'm a biped carbon-based life form. In my spare time I enjoy walking upright and being warm-blooded, and I'm a Scorpio.* I live here ... on planet Earth, a piece of rock orbiting a giant fireball in the middle of nowhere. I feel I belong here. Pat Condell

The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface. Buzz Aldrin