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Look up: perigee

  1. perigee
    The point in the orbit closest to the Earth.
    Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm

  2. perigee
    The point in the orbit closest to the Earth.
    Found on http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/dictio

  3. Perigee
    Periapsis in Earth orbit.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. perigee
    [n] - periapsis in Earth orbit
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Perigee
    the point or time when Moon is nearest Earth.
    Found on http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/Glastonbur

  6. Perigee
    The position of the Moon in its orbit when it is closest to the Earth.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  7. Perigee
    The point in its orbit where the Moon, or planet is closest to the Earth.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. Perigee
    The point of a satellite's orbit closest to Earth. See also: Earth, Periapsis, Pericentre, Perihelion.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  9. perigee
    point in the orbit of an earth satellite which is at a minimum distance from the centre of the Earth Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. perigee
    noun periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Perigee
    • (n.) Alt. of Perigeum
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. perigee
    (from the article `apse`) ...from it is the apocentre, or apoapsis. Specific terms can be used for individual bodies: if the Sun is the centre, the specific terms perihelion ... ...eccentricity also affects solar eclipses, in which the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a moving shadow across Earth`s sunlit ... The perige...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/44

  13. perigee
    perigee 1. The point nearest the earth's center in the orbit of the moon or a satellite. 2. The point in any orbit nearest to the body being orbited.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. Perigee
    Perigee is the point at which an object makes its closest approach to the Earth. Often the term is used in a broader sense to define the point in an orbit where the orbiting body is closest to the body it orbits. The opposite is the apogee, the farthest or highest point. The Greek prefix "peri" means close or near. The suffix "gee", derived fr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perigee

  15. PERIGEE
    The point nearest the earth on the moon's orbit. This term can be applied to any other body orbiting the earth, such as satellites. It is the opposite of apogee.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/p.html

  16. perigee
    the point in the orbit of an earth satellite which is at a minimum distance from the centre of the Earth NOTE - The perigee is the periapsis of an earth satellite.
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  17. perigee
    The point in its orbit where the Moon, or an artificial satellite, is closest to Earth. Compare with apogee and perihelion.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  18. perigee
    perigee (per'ijē) , point nearest the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08383

  19. Perigee
    Perigee is an astronomical term referring to the position in the Moon's orbit nearest to the earth, opposite to Apogee.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. perigee
    In astronomy, the point at which an object, travelling in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, is at its closest to the Earth. The point at which it is furthest from the Earth is the apogee
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  21. Perigee
    The point in the Moon's orbit closest distance to the Earth It takes 885 years to complete one cycle of the ecliptic circle in direct motion (anticlockwise)
    Found on http://www.davidmcminn.com/pages/gloss.h

  22. Perigee
    The closest point to the Earth in the Moon's orbit.
    Found on http://www.moonconnection.com/moon-gloss

  23. Perigee
    The point in the orbit of the Moon or other satellite at which it is closest to the Earth.
    Found on http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronom



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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