First of all the typical application is a near-circular orbit.

The satellite was three-axis stabilized and in a near-circular orbit.

Bode concluded that its near-circular orbit was more like a planet than a comet.

Most exoplanets with orbital periods of 20 days or less have near-circular orbits, i.e. very low eccentricity.

Laplace felt that the near-circular orbits of the planets were a necessary consequence of their formation.

It has been suggested that planets with high eccentricities calculated by this method may in fact be two-planet systems of circular or near-circular resonant orbit.

The majority of objects (the so-called 'cold population'), have low inclinations and near-circular orbits.

The 'hot' and 'cold' populations are strikingly different: more than 30% of all cubewanos are in low inclination, near-circular orbits.

Snowglade follows a near-circular orbit around Denix.

A near-circular orbit about an aging sun produced a temperate clime.