celestial orbit
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another - he plotted the orbit of the moon • Syn: orbit • Derivationally related forms: orbital (for: orbit), orbit (for: orbit) • Hypernyms: path, route, itinerary • Hyponyms: geosynchronous orbit • Part Meronyms: apoapsis, point of apoapsis, periapsis, point of periapsis
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