Opposite of "satellite"
A satellite is an object which orbits another, what it the word for a object which is being orbited?
The moon is a satellite of Earth, the Earth is a __ of the moon?
Solution 1:
The thing that an orbiting body orbits is called that orbiting body’s primary.
Quoth Wikipedia:
A natural satellite, or moon, is a celestial body that orbits another body, e.g. a planet, which is called its primary.