circumlunar

[sur-kuh m-loo-ner]

adjective

rotating about or surrounding the moon.

Origin of circumlunar

First recorded in 1905–10; circum- + lunar

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Examples from the Web for circumlunar

Historical Examples

Soon, the thrust would be needed in reverse, for braking action, near the end of the sixty hour journey into a circumlunar orbit.
The Planet Strappers
Raymond Zinke Gallun
The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small.
The Planet Strappers
Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for circumlunar

circumlunar

adjective

around or revolving around the moona circumlunar orbit

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Examples from the Web for circumlunar

Historical Examples

Soon, the thrust would be needed in reverse, for braking action, near the end of the sixty hour journey into a circumlunar orbit.

The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small.

circumlunar

Origin of circumlunar