Orbiter

This article is about a general type of spacecraft. For other uses, see Orbiter (disambiguation).

An orbiter is a space probe that orbits a planet or other astronomical object. An orbiter can be either man-made, or created naturally..

Examples

Asteroids

Earth

Jupiter

Mars

Main article: List of Mars orbiters

Mercury

Moon

Saturn

Sun

Venus

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