orbits

Paths around planets

Orbits are the curved paths objects follow around other objects in space—a planet orbiting a star, a moon orbiting a planet, a satellite orbiting Earth.

The word extends to any regular circuit: The security guard makes orbits around the building every hour.

Eye sockets are also called orbits—the bony cavities housing the eyeballs.

To orbit is to travel such a path: The spacecraft orbits Mars.

Figuratively, things in someone's orbit fall within their sphere of influence.

celestial

planets

Star-orbiting celestial bodies

moonsBodies orbiting planets
satellitesBodies circling larger ones
ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect

Kepler · trajectory · path · arc · gravitational · solar · system · galactic · ecliptic · celestial

figurative

gravitate

Move as if attracted

drawnRendered in lines
pullForce toward oneself
attractionPull toward something

center · periphery · satellite · hanger-on · entourage · follower · attendant · coterie · groupie · devotee

motion

revolve

Turn around center

circleCurved closed shape
circumnavigateTravel entirely around something
loopCurve closing on itself

rotate · spin · cycle · encircle · gyrate · spiral · whirl · ring · round · circuit

eye

socket

Hollow receiving cavity

ocularOf the organ of sight
craniumSkull bone structure
skullHead's bone casing

maxilla · sphenoid · lacrimal · ethmoid · facial · bones · ophthalmology · brow · ridge · rim

spheres

domain

Area of control

realmGoverned territory or sphere
influencePower to affect others
reachExtend to touch

scope · sphere · circle · world · arena · territory · field · range · ambit · purview

orbits

planets

gravitate

revolve

socket

domain

orbits

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