Associations to the word «Perigee»

Wiktionary

PERIGEE, noun. (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
PERIGEE, noun. (astronomy) (more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.
PERIGEE, noun. (possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.

Dictionary definition

PERIGEE, noun. Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King