Orbital Explained

Orbital may refer to:

Sciences

Chemistry and physics

• Atomic orbital
• Molecular orbital
• Hybrid orbital

Astronomy and space flight

• Orbit
  • Earth orbit

Medicine and physiology

• Orbit (anatomy), also known as the orbital bone
• Orbitofrontal cortex, a part of the brain used for decision making

Business

• Orbital Corporation, an Australian engine technology company
• Orbital Sciences Corporation, a U.S. satellite launch and defense systems corporation
• Orbital ATK, American aerospace manufacturer formed from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems

Transportation

• Ring road (or orbital road in some regions)
• Orbital (metro), a rapid transit line usually encircling a city centre
• Orbital engine

Other uses

• Orbital (The Culture), artificial worlds from Iain M. Banks's series of science fiction novels, the Culture
• Orbital (band), an English electronic dance music duo, whose first single was 'Chime' [1989]
  • • • Orbital (1991 album) Orbital (1993 album)
• Orbital (comics), a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series
• Orbital piercing

See also

• Orbit (disambiguation)