Meaning | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited. |
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Synonym | point of apoapsis |
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Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
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Part of | orbit, celestial orbit | The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another |
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Narrower | aphelion | apoapsis in solar orbit |
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apogee | apoapsis in Earth orbit |
apojove | apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter |
aposelene, apolune | apoapsis in orbit around the moon |
Broader | celestial point | A point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) |
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Opposite | periapsis, point of periapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited |
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Spanish | apoapsis |
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Catalan | apoapsis |
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