Distance and Orbit

Distance

Distance noun - The space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects.

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Orbit and distance are semantically related. in interval topic. In some cases you can use "Orbit" instead a noun "Distance".

Orbit noun - The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.

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Distance and orbit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distance" instead a noun "Orbit".

Nearby Words: orbited, orbiting, orbital

close	close distance	close orbit
high	high distance	high orbit
full	full distance	full orbit
safe	safe distance	safe orbit
Other adjectives: long, similar, normal, right, perfect, proper, entire, extreme, arbitrary, impossible, different.

distance character

orbit character

For comparison, telecommunications satellites in geosynchronous orbit around Earth are at about half the stated distance.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance
Not so much a problem of distance as of volume, but the movie has starships flying so close together (while in orbit!) that one of them crashes into another when shot.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance
Quest For The Fallen Star has the world in a figure-8 orbit, with another planet called Coldaria orbiting the whole system at a great distance.

Source: Binary Suns

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