noun

orbiter

noun

A spacecraft designed to circle a planet or moon without landing on it.

"The orbiter sent back thousands of images of the planet's surface."

How to Use Orbiter

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA spacecraft that circles a planet or moon rather than landing.

Common pairings

space orbiter lunar orbiter

orbiters plural

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The _____ sent back thousands of images of the planet's surface.

Formed from orbit plus the agent suffix -er.

biter writer waiter loiter Jupiter arbiter Lassiter typewriter songwriter screenwriter scriptwriter counterfeiter