- present participle of orbit.
orbiting
Example Sentences
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The plan calls for the rocket to finish its journey in the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth six times.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
By combining the observations and tracking how the object moved over time, the team determined that it behaved much more like a planet orbiting the star than an imaging artifact or a distant background star.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink declared this week that the United States has weapons orbiting in outer space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet, despite having spent more than 30 years orbiting the same world, they have had surprisingly little time together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
This model explained quite well the structure of the simplest atom, hydrogen, which has only one electron orbiting around the nucleus.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
