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For other meanings, see orbiter (disambiguation).

An orbiter is a space probe that orbits a planet as aposed to the sun. it will normalally

NEAR Shoemaker (orbited 433 Eros, eventually landed but was not designed to do so)
Hayabusa (studied 25143 Itokawa, technically not an orbiter, but rather followed the asteroid in its orbit around the Sun)

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-An '''orbiter''' is a [[space probe]] that  orbits a [[planet]].
+An '''orbiter''' is a [[space probe]] that  orbits a [[planet]] as aposed to the sun. it will normalally
 ==Successful orbiters (excluding Earth)==