orbital
Path around center
Orbital relates to orbits—the curved paths objects follow around other objects in space.
An orbital satellite circles a planet.
In anatomy, orbital refers to the eye socket: orbital bone, orbital fracture.
In chemistry, an orbital is a region around an atom's nucleus where electrons are likely to be found.
As a noun in British English, an orbital is a ring road circling a city.
Orbiting celestial body
- stationFixed stopping point
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- HubbleRenowned astronomer's surname
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
spacecraft · module · docking · rendezvous · altitude · inclination · apogee · perigee
Path of moving object
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- ellipseConic section curve
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
inclination · Kepler · perturbation · resonance · gravity · escape velocity · delta-v · slingshot
Negative subatomic particle
- shellHard outer covering
- subshellOrbital subset within shell
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- valenceCombining power measure
lobe · node · wavefunction · probability · energy level · quantum number · angular momentum · spin
satellite
Orbiting celestial body
- stationFixed stopping point
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- HubbleRenowned astronomer's surname
Sputnik · spacecraft · module · docking · rendezvous · altitude · inclination · apogee · perigee · decay
trajectory
Path of moving object
eccentricity · inclination · Kepler · perturbation · resonance · gravity · escape velocity · delta-v · slingshot · precession
electron
Negative subatomic particle
valence · lobe · node · wavefunction · probability · energy level · quantum number · angular momentum · spin · configuration
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
circuit · loop · arc · elliptical · circular · period · frequency · revolve · circumnavigate · gyration
socket
Hollow receiving cavity
floor · wall · fracture · cavity · margin · ridge · fissure · foramen · roof · implant
- Sci-Fi Termsfuturistic, alien, robotic, cybernetic, galactic
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- celestialsun, moon, stars, planet, planets
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, countdown
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
orbitallinear
Arranged in straight succession
straight · direct · rectilinear · radial · ballistic
orbitalcentral
In the middle, primary
radial · inward · core · axial · centripetal
orbitalescape
Flight from captivity
suborbital · terrestrial · grounded · radial · hyperbolic
- orbital tiltAngle of rotational axis
- lunar orbitPath around Earth's satellite
- Earth orbitPath around our planet
- orbital sanderPower tool spinning abrasive
- heliocentric orbitRevolution around the sun
- satellite orbitsPaths spacecraft follow around bodies
orbit, orbiting, orbital sander, orbits, orbiter, orbitals, orbital plane