Sentence examples for sort of orbit from inspiring English sources

"There is a lot of merit to what they are saying--that the object is unlikely to have the sort of orbit it does unless it had been in the Oort cloud at some point," says Brian Marsden of the Harvard-Smithsonian Cambridge, Massachusettsin Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The rise of the private space industry, which aims to slash the cost of getting into orbit, brings hope that the sort of orbital infrastructure which would be needed to build a starship might one day be developed.

Systems dominated by very large "super-Jupiter" planets are probably far more chaotic, with gravitational tussles causing planets to end up in all sorts of strange orbits.

There were pre-level screens where I got to select between two points of travel from a position of orbit, which is sort of space, I guess.

Space Shuttles are bombarded by all sorts of badness in orbit.

In the months before the Discovery's mission began, the shuttle's commander, Col. Eileen M. Collins, hinted that some sort of ceremony would be conducted from orbit.

The scientists have until January 2015 to submit a detailed mission proposal to ESA. "There's a tremendous amount of work involved – we need to work out everything from what sort of rocket we launch to what orbit we go into and what instruments we take with us," says Arridge. "However, there's a growing global momentum and a real sense of excitement".

In both of those cases, a savvy teen discovered that a child in their orbit had some sort of X-factor and no sense of inhibition.

The cover illustration I found a Qur'an rocketing out of Earth's orbit into some sort of open-air moon mosque isn't doing much for anyone's understanding of Islam, but it did enhance my respect for graphic designers.

They had been circling each other for aeons in a sort of mating dance, gathering pace with each orbit, hurtling closer and closer.

"I've tried to etch in my memory what they tasted like down here, so I'll be able to do some sort of qualitative comparison when I get into orbit.