°A circular or elliptical
path of one object
around another object.
"The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete."
"In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union."
verb
°To
circle or revolve around another object.
"The Earth orbits the Sun."
°To move around the general
vicinity of something.
"The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets."
synonyms:
circumambulate, tag along, launch