orbits
noun#18,352
Translations
- 軌道きどう
- 回るまわる
- 眼窩がんか
- 周回軌道しゅうかいきどう
English definition
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
Examples
- The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.
- The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion.