orbiting
Example Sentences
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She used GPS stations that received signals from more than 30 satellites orbiting Earth from roughly 25,000 kilometers away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
About 30 minutes after launch, Roman separated from its SpaceX rocket and is now heading towards its orbiting point around a million miles away.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Since the 1990s, scientists have cataloged more than 6,300 worlds orbiting stars other than our sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A few drifted over, lazily orbiting the jar.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
