orbit
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This lack of a roughly circular orbit around the Sun suggested either an impact early in its lifetime that put it on this path, or gravitational influence from planet nine.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
High rocket-launch costs have historically been the key barrier to entry, and SpaceX has led the effort to make it cheaper to get into orbit with its Falcon 9.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
They will not land on the Moon, but will fly to low Earth orbit where they will dock with prototype lunar landers in a rehearsal for the landing to come.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The White House wants to put nuclear propulsion systems into orbit as soon as 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Hooke pointed out the error and suggested that the correct orbit followed by the falling object, assuming it could pass through the solid Earth without resistance, would be a kind of shrinking ellipse.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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