
Orb
Celestial Bodies
Used to describe planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies in space.

Astronomers discovered a remote orb circling a distant star.
Not Usually Humans
Don't use 'orb' for things shaped like a ball that are man-made or human-related.

He admired the basketball, but did not refer to it as an orb.
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