Definition of "orbits" []

• Plural form of orbit. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orbit. (verb)

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• "Although the Iridium and the Kosmos satellites were in orbits only about 12 degrees apart, does anyone know if they were traveling in the same general direction at impact, or could they have impacted nearly head-on?"
• "Is there an internationally-recognised 'minimum safe distance' that needs to be observed by vehicles in orbits that could be considered near-intersecting?"
• "Suffice it to say that the story you think you know about how a diligent empiricist looked at the stars and debunked religious superstition about planetary orbits is totally wrong."