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Noun Concept

Categories: Articles with short description, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, All articles needing additional references, Orbits

perigee

Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth WordNet 3.0

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Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter. Wiktionary

Closest point in an orbit about the Earth. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

periapsis

PART OF

orbit

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apogee

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

perigee

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perigee

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