apoapsis
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ap·o·ap·sis
(ăp′ō-ăp′sĭs)n. pl. ap·o·ap·si·des (-ăp′sĭ-dēz′)
The point at which an orbiting object is farthest away from the center of mass of the body it is orbiting.
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apoapsis
(ˌæpəʊˈæpsɪs)n
the point in an elliptical orbit which is farthest from the object being orbited
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| Noun | 1. |  apoapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbitedastronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole apogee - apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth aphelion - apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun apojove - apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter celestial point - a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) celestial orbit, orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" periapsis, point of periapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited |
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