Definition of "orbiting" []

• Present participle of orbit. (verb)

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• "After its six-month mission, Chang'e II will either land on the moon as an experiment for future probes, fly further into outer space, or change its course and begin orbiting the Earth, Xinhua cited chief designer Huang Jiangchuan as saying."
• ""KAGUYA" consists of a main orbiting satellite at about 100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in polar orbit."
• "Earth may have a twin orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a new study suggests."