But given the Atlantis's looping orbit, the shuttle would not be expected to pass close to the base as often as in the usual orbit around the Equator.

Atonal, pointillistic and full of brief silences, it touched a part of the musical universe that is outside Bang on a Can's usual orbit.

Whatever the planet, it has forever been jolted out of its usual orbit.

When the moon departed from its usual orbit sometime in the year 1999, Nostradamus' prediction finally become true.

Copernicus has been directed off her usual orbit.

Pluto will return to its usual, more distant orbit in the year 2113.

Instead of its usual almost circular orbit, the planet was now moving away from the sun.

The Earth has begun moving away from its usual orbit and is gradually falling in its rotation towards the sun.

E.R.B.'s universe is no harder to reach than any other and Mars is in its usual orbit.

Discovery's reentry from its higher than usual orbit required a deorbit burn of 4 min 58 s, the longest in shuttle history up to that time.