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Orb

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ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
globenounThe planet Earth.
eyeballnounThe ball of the eye.

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globenounThe planet Earth.
ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
eyeballnounThe ball of the eye.
planetnoun(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
earthnounThe ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
spherenoun(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
worldnoun(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
eyenounAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
roundnounA circular or spherical object or part of an object.
aspherenounAn aspherical object, usually a lens.
circlenoun(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
oblique spherenoun(astronomy, geography) The celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator.
celestial objectnoun(astronomy, astrology) Synonym of celestial body.
sphærenounArchaic spelling of sphere. [(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .]
planetary objectnoun(astronomy) Any substantial body in orbit around the Sun or other star: a planet, minor planet, or comet.
sphearenounObsolete form of sphere. [(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .]
orbiternounAn object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
baryspherenounThe central core of the Earth (or similar planets)
zonenounAny given region or area of the world.
sphaerenounObsolete form of sphere. [(mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .]

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