행성이나 위성 등의 주위를 일정한 궤도를 따라 돌도록 설계된 우주선.
A spacecraft designed to travel around a planet, moon, or other celestial body in a fixed orbit, typically without landing on its surface.
예문:
"The lunar orbiter mapped the moon's dark side in unprecedented detail."
"Engineers confirmed that the orbiter successfully entered the planet's gravitational pull."
"Unlike the lander, the orbiter remained in space to relay communications back to Earth."
다른 물체의 주위를 궤도를 그리며 회전하는 물체나 본체.
Any object or physical body that moves in an orbit around another object.
예문:
"In this atomic model, the electron is viewed as an orbiter around the nucleus."
"The small moon acts as a natural orbiter, stabilizing the planet's axial tilt."