Meaning | (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited. |
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Synonym | point of periapsis |
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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 | perigee | periapsis in Earth orbit |
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perihelion | periapsis in solar orbit |
perijove | periapsis in orbit around Jupiter |
periselene, perilune | periapsis in orbit around the moon |
Broader | celestial point | A point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) |
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Opposite | apoapsis, point of apoapsis | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited |
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Spanish | periapsis |
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Catalan | periapsis |
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