💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apastron"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| apoastronnoun | (astronomy) Alternative form of apastron. [(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.] |
| periastronnoun | (astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the body is orbiting. |
| apocynthionnoun | (astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body. |
| apogeenoun | (figuratively) The highest point. |
| apoapsisnoun | (astronomy) 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. |
| apsisnoun | (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee |
| apocenternoun | (astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse) |
| apobaryonnoun | (astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to the center of mass of the system. |
| periapsisnoun | (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum. |
| apexnoun | The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. |
| apapsisnoun | Alternative form of apoapsis. [(astronomy) 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.] |
| aphelionnoun | (astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun. |
| apocentrenoun | Alternative form of apocenter. [(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)] |
| apogalacticonnoun | (astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is furthest from the centre of its local galaxy |
| apohermnoun | (astronomy) In an orbit around the planet Mercury, the point that is most distant from Mercury. |
| peribothronnoun | (astronomy) The point in an elliptical orbit around a black hole where the orbiting body is closest to the black hole. |
| pericenternoun | (astronomy) The point of closest approach of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction. |
| perigalacticumnoun | (astronomy) The closest point in a star's orbit around the centre of a galaxy (the galactic periapsis). |
| apsenoun | (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. |
| antapexnoun | (astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex |
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