orbit
Example Sentences
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It's the first time the observatory – which was placed in orbit last year - will be able to watch the Sun when it reaches its maximum activity cycle.
From BBC
He placed these zeitgeist figures in the orbit of a more humble historical figure named Henry Carr, who figured into Joyce’s “Ulysses.”
From Los Angeles Times
Sednoids are an exclusive group of small space rocks located on the outer edge of our Solar System and move around the Sun in weird orbits – including Ammonite, there are only four known sednoids!
From Space Scoop
Dwarf galaxies orbiting within the Milky Way halo are considered especially promising.
From Science Daily
Instead, they result from slow, natural changes in a planet's orbit around the Sun and shifts in the angle of its rotational axis.
From Science Daily
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