orbital rotation

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orbital rotation - motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"

orbital motion

gyration, revolution, rotation - a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

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