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Apofocus

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apocentrenounAlternative 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)]
apocenternoun(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apogeenoun(figuratively) The highest point.
apobaryonnoun(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to the center of mass of the system.
apoastronnoun(astronomy) Alternative form of apastron. [(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.]
apocynthionnoun(astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
apapsisnounAlternative 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.]
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
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.
apojovenoun(astronomy) apoapsis around Jupiter
pericenternoun(astronomy) The point of closest approach of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction.
antapexnoun(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
anticenternoun(astronomy) The point in the sky opposite to that of the centre of the galaxy (when viewed from Earth)
aponigriconnoun(astronomy) Apoapsis around a black hole.
apexnounThe highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
apastronnoun(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
anticentrenounAlternative spelling of anticenter. [(astronomy) The point in the sky opposite to that of the centre of the galaxy (when viewed from Earth)]
apogalacticonnoun(astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is furthest from the centre of its local galaxy
peribaryon
apsenoun(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.

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