Associations to the word «Apoapsis»
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Wiktionary
APOAPSIS, noun. (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
Dictionary definition
APOAPSIS, noun. (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited.
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