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Collocations for orbit - noun

ADJECTIVE

circular, elliptical
eccentric
Mercury's orbit is fairly eccentric.
high, low
stable
planetary
Earth

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VERB + orbit

enter, go into
reach
put sth into, send sth into
complete, make
The spaceship made an orbit of the moon.
leave

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PREPOSITION

in orbit
The satellite will remain in orbit for several years.
orbit around, orbit round (esp. BrE)
the moon's orbit around the earth

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Collocations for orbit - verb

Orbit is used with these nouns as the subject:
earth, moon, planet, satellite, spacecraft

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Orbit is used with these nouns as the object:
earth, moon, planet, sun

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