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  1. orbitingverb

    Verb form of the word orbit.

    The satellite is orbiting earth as we speak.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of orbiting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of orbiting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of orbiting in a Sentence

  1. Marc Rayman:

    We are tremendously excited, we have guided this robotic probe for well over seven years on an interplanetary journey of more than 3 billion miles. Along the way we sailed past Mars. We spent 14 months orbiting and scrutinizing the giant protoplanet Vesta. ... Now, finally, we are on the verge of conducting the first exploration ever of the first dwarf planet.

  2. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.:

    Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight ... for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. (Prayer while orbiting the earth in a space capsule)

  3. Alan Stern:

    But more importantly, the new images are creating scientific puzzles about how such an object could even be formed, we've never seen something like this orbiting the Sun.

  4. Nicholas Mercurio:

    The new space fence will have much greater sensitivity, allowing it to detect and track and measure an object the size of a softball, orbiting more than 1,200 miles in space.

  5. Tim Peake:

    Christmas Day is generally a time for friends and families to get together, and although we can't be with our families this year, we will be orbiting the Earth 16 times on Christmas Day and sending all our good wishes to everybody back down on beautiful planet Earth.

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