| NOUN | location | apoapsis, point of apoapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited |
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| Meaning | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited. | |
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| Synonym | point of apoapsis | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Part of | orbit, celestial orbit | The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another |
| Narrower | aphelion | apoapsis in solar orbit |
| 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) |
| Opposite | periapsis, point of periapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited |
| Spanish | apoapsis | |
| Catalan | apoapsis | |
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