| 100% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Human-made debris in orbit around the Earth |
| 67% | SATELLITE | 9 | Device placed in orbit around the Earth |
| 54% | PERIGEE | 7 | Point in its orbit around the Earth when the moon is nearest the Earth |
| 51% | SPACESTATION | 12 | "International ___," the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit to be continuously occupied for more than 17 years: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ORBITED | 7 | Revolved around the Earth, as in a space vehicle |
| 46% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, for example |
| 46% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, e.g. |
| 45% | APOGEE | 6 | Farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit |
| 43% | SUN | 3 | What the planets are in orbit around |
| 42% | SPACEWASTE | 10 | Debris in orbit |
| 42% | APOLUNE | 7 | Farthest point in an orbit around the moon |
| 41% | ROTATION | 8 | In a day, the earth does one around its own axis |
| 41% | ENOS | 4 | Chimp who orbited the Earth, in 1961 |
| 41% | GAGARIN | 7 | He orbited the Earth in the Vostok 1 in 1961 |
| 41% | DUG | 3 | Made a hole in the earth while gardening |
| 41% | JOHNGLENN | 9 | American who orbited the Earth in 1962, senator |
| 40% | ORBIT | 5 | Path around the earth |
| 40% | ORBITING | 8 | Going around the Earth |
| 40% | MANKIND | 7 | Race around the earth? |
| 40% | FURROW | 6 | Shallow trench in the earth made by farm machinery |
| 40% | EQUATOR | 7 | Imaginary circle around the Earth |
| 40% | MOON | 4 | It revolves around the Earth |
| 40% | MOON | 4 | Natural satellite around the Earth |
| 40% | ORBIT | 5 | Repeating path around the Earth |
| 39% | ENOS | 4 | First chimpanzee to orbit the Earth in 1961 |
| 39% | VOYAGER | 7 | The most distant human-made object from Earth |
| 39% | ALONE | 5 | How John Glenn orbited the earth in 1962 |
| 39% | ORBIT | 5 | Moon's path around the Earth |
| 39% | ORBIT | 5 | Satellite's path around the Earth |
| 39% | ORBITS | 6 | Spacecraft's trips around the Earth |