orbit

This thing is orbiting the sun at 10 miles per second, 20 miles per second.
Ce truc tourne autour du Soleil à 15 kilomètres par seconde, 30 kilomètres par seconde.
In other cases, the fact that the object is orbiting the Sun (heliocentric orbit) or is orbiting another planet is stated without any numerical values being provided.
Dans d'autres cas, le fait que l'objet soit en orbite autour du Soleil (orbite héliocentrique) ou autour d'une autre planète est indiqué sans aucune valeur numérique.
The spacecraft is orbiting the Earth at around 17,500 miles an hour.
Le vaisseau spatial orbite autour de la Terre à une vitesse d'environ 17 500 milles à l'heure.
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