orbit
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Even when these objects are young and still glowing from the heat of their formation, they remain vastly dimmer than the stars they orbit.
From Science Daily
Sometimes a song escapes its origins and goes into orbit.
From BBC
Once there, it will orbit Jupiter and carry out 49 close flybys of the moon Europa.
From Science Daily
As Titan travels around Saturn in an elongated orbit, scientists noticed that the moon stretches and compresses depending on its position relative to the planet.
From Science Daily
Northrop Grumman has been awarded contracts for prior phases of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a planned network of missile defense and communications satellites in low Earth orbit.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
