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apoapsis  point of apoapsis
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(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited WordNet 3.0
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(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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. Wiktionary
Point of a body's elliptical orbit. Wiktionary (translation)
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