transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:(r)bɪt ]
( orbits, orbiting, orbited)
1.
An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.
Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time...
The planet is probably in orbit around a small star.
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2.
If something such as a satellite orbits a planet, moon, or sun, it moves around it in a continuous, curving path.
In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
= circle
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