apoapsis

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Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

point of apoapsis apapsis periapsis apsis apogee apse apoastron apocentre apocenter apocynthion

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