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An object in space that circles around another object is called a satellite. Satellites can be natural, such as moons orbiting planets, or artificial, like man-made spacecraft orbiting Earth.

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Shadow cast by one object in space on another?

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How would you define the word orbit?

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Orbit in a sentence?

The proper orbit has not yet been attained. The Earth will orbit the Sun about once every 365 days.