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- verb Present participle of
orbit .
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After its six-month mission, Chang'e II will either land on the moon as an experiment for future probes, fly further into outer space, or change its course and begin orbiting the Earth, Xinhua cited chief designer Huang Jiangchuan as saying.
China's Space Program Launches Lunar Probe, Chang'e II AP 2010
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After its six-month mission, Chang'e II will either land on the moon as an experiment for future probes, fly further into outer space, or change its course and begin orbiting the Earth, Xinhua cited chief designer Huang Jiangchuan as saying.
China's Space Program Launches Lunar Probe, Chang'e II AP 2010
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After its six-month mission, Chang'e II will either land on the moon as an experiment for future probes, fly further into outer space, or change its course and begin orbiting the Earth, Xinhua cited chief designer Huang Jiangchuan as saying.
China's Space Program Launches Lunar Probe, Chang'e II AP 2010
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After its six-month mission, Chang'e II will either land on the moon as an experiment for future probes, fly further into outer space, or change its course and begin orbiting the Earth, Xinhua cited chief designer Huang Jiangchuan as saying.
China's Space Program Launches Lunar Probe, Chang'e II AP 2010
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"KAGUYA" consists of a main orbiting satellite at about 100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in polar orbit.
Earth Rise Bente Lilja Bye 2008
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Earth may have a twin orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a new study suggests.
Might Alpha Centauri Have an Earthlike Planet? » Fanboy.com 2008
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The uninhabited world of Oriente, for example, is described as orbiting both Procyon and Sirius.
It’s in the Memes, er, Genes « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2007
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The movement and position of electrons within an atom can be described as orbiting around a central nucleus - with each shell of orbiting electrons further from the centre.
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The movement and position of electrons within an atom can be described as orbiting around a central nucleus - with each shell of orbiting electrons further from the centre.
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This will be long enough for the light fluctuations to be identified as orbiting planets.
The Lantern 2009
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