Associations to the word «Apoapsis»

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.

Wise words

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