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Perigee

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apogeenoun	(figuratively) The highest point.

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Word	Definition
syzygynoun	(astronomy, astrology) An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.
milenoun	The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
bottomnoun	The lowest part of anything.
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).
apogeenoun	(figuratively) The highest point.
peribaryon	—
perihelionnoun	(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.
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
perihermnoun	(astronomy) In an orbit around the planet Mercury, the point that is closest to Mercury.
pericynthionnoun	The point in an elliptical orbit around the moon that passes closest to the moon.
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.
periheliumnoun	(astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of perihelion.
peribothronnoun	(astronomy) The point in an elliptical orbit around a black hole where the orbiting body is closest to the black hole.
periastronnoun	(astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the body is orbiting.
periareionnoun	The point in an elliptical orbit around Mars that is closest to Mars.
apohermnoun	(astronomy) In an orbit around the planet Mercury, the point that is most distant from Mercury.
perigalacticonnoun	(astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is closest to the centre of its local galaxy
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.
perilunenoun	(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.