orbiter

From orbit +‎ -er.

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orbiter (plural orbiters)

1. An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
   • 2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.

2. (slang, derogatory, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
   • 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!:

     The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.

• Space Shuttle

From orbite +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/

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orbiter

1. to orbit (circle another object)

• “orbiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.