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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
An [[Orbit]] is the path an [[asteroid]], [[comet]], [[planet]] or [[dwarf planet]] takes around a [[star]] and the path a [[moon]] takes around a [[planet]].
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: [[The Moon]] [[orbit]]s the [[Earth]]. This means [[The Moon]] takes a circular path around the [[Earth]].
: All the [[planet]]s orbit [[The Sun]]. This means the [[planet]]s take a circular path around [[The Sun]].
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
An [[Orbit]] is the path an [[asteroid]], [[comet]], [[planet]] or [[dwarf planet]] takes around a [[star]] and the path a [[moon]] takes around a [[planet]].
===About Orbits===
: [[Moon]]s [[orbit]] [[planet]]s and [[planet]]s [[orbit]] the [[stars]] due to [[gravity]].
: [[Isaac Newton|Newton]] was the first person to realise that [[object]]s were held in [[orbit]] by [[gravity]] which he [[explain]]ed in his [[Newton's Universal Theory of Gravitation|Universal Theory of Gravitation]].
: [[Gravity]] is a constant [[force]] directed to the centre of a [[massive]] [[object]].
: [[The Moon]] feels a [[force]] pulling it towards the centre of the [[Earth]]. The [[Earth]] feels a [[force]] equal in [[magnitude]] but opposite in direction to that of [[The Moon]].
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| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |The [[planet]]s are pulled towards [[The Sun]] by [[gravity]].
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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
An [[orbit]] is the [[circle|circular]] or [[ellipse|elliptical]] path that an [[object]] takes a more [[mass|massive]] [[object]] due to a [[force]] of attraction acting between them.