Orbit (disambiguation)
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Orbit in physics is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body.
Orbit may also refer to:
Computing
- ORBit, an object request broker (ORB) for CORBA
- Orbit Downloader, a download manager for Windows
Science and mathematics
- Orbit (anatomy), the socket in the skull which contains the eye
- Orbit (dynamics), in dynamical systems
- Orbit (group theory) (or symmetry orbit)
- Orbit (control theory), a particular case of the notion of orbit in group theory
People
- William Orbit, atmospheric techno composer
Popular culture
- Orbit Books, a UK-based publisher of science fiction books and fantasy books
- Orbit (band)
- Orbit (anthology series), a series of original science fiction anthologies, published between 1966–1980
- Orbit Science Fiction, a five issue science fiction anthology series, published between 1953–1954
- Orbit (album), the first album from William Orbit
- Orbit (Brown/Mazzola/Geisser album), an album by free jazz trio Brown/Mazzola/Geisser
- Orbit, a fictional airline in Flight Simulator X
Novels
- Orbit, a 1982 novel by Thomas Block
- Orbit, a 2006 novel by John J. Nance
Television
- "Orbit", an episode of Blake's 7
- character in Rob the Robot
Organizations
- Orbit Group, a UK housing association
- Orbit Communications Company, a former DBS satellite service in the Middle East
- Orbit Irrigation Products
- Orbite Aluminae
Other
- Orbit (gum), a brand of chewing gum manufactured by the Wrigley Company
- Orbit (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
- Orbit (mascot), the mascot of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros
- Orbit (scratch), is a DJ technique
- Orbit Instrument Corporation. developer of an early trackball device for flight control desks
- ArcelorMittal Orbit, a steel tower located in East London as part of the London 2012 Olympic Park
See also
- Orbot
- Orbital (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Orbit"
- All pages with titles containing Orbit
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