An orbit is a distinct path followed by an object in its revolution around another object. an atomic orbital is an electron spread out over a volume of space in which the electron is most likely to be found. what do orbits and orbitals have in common?

The common thing that orbits and orbitals have is that, an object/particle revolve around an object/nucleus that is in the centre.

Explanation:

In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved trajectory of an object, such as the trajectory of a planet around a star or a natural satellite around a planet. Normally, orbit refers to a regularly repeating trajectory, although it may also refer to a non-repeating trajectory. An orbital, in chemistry and physics, a mathematical expression, called a wave function, that describes properties characteristic of no more than two electrons in the vicinity of an atomic nucleus or of a system of nuclei as in a molecule.