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Of course some of Newton's law describe orbits.
What orbit do you see when you look at the gyroscope that is enclosed in a sphere, dumbell?
The ANALOGY that I was refering to is what can be seen, and what description can be based on the visibly obvious, the apparent.
The hidden in the apparent, is the gyroscope.
This is a common engineering concept called a 'black box' wherein something occurs internaly to change things. IBM is famous for this image in their 'Big Blue Box' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box .