1) An apse 2) Apogee or perigee 3) Apse 4) Astronomical point 5) Eccentric orbit point 6) Extreme point in an orbit 7) Niche 8) One of two points in an orbit 9) Orbit part 10) Orbit point 11) Orbital extreme 12) Orbital point 13) Point in orbit 14) Point in orbit of the moon 15) Point on a lunar orbit
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/apsis
1) Apse 2) Tribune
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/apsis
An apsis (Greek ἁψίς, gen. ἁψίδος), plural apsides (z; Greek: ἁψίδες), is a point of least or greatest distance of a body in an elliptic orbit about a larger body. For a body orbiting the Sun the least distance and greatest points are called respectively perihelion (n) and aphelion and (n), whereas for any satellite of Earth inc...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis
• (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. • (n.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of...
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/apsis/
Either of the points in the orbit of a celestial object that is farthest from or closest to the body being orbited. The closest point is the periapsis, the further point the apoapsis. The line joining these points is called the line of apsides, and is another name for the major axis of the orbit. Ro...
Found on
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/apsis.html
Agence pour la Protection de la Sécurité des Informations de la Santé
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895
Origin: L. Apsis, absis, Gr, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. To fasten. ... 1. <astronomy> One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee an...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Ap'sis (ăp'sĭs) noun ; plural Apsides (ăp'sĭ*dēz). See Apse . [ Latin apsis , absis , Greek 'apsi`s , 'apsi^dos , a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, from 'a`ptein
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/111
In astronomy, an apsis is one of the two points of the orbit of a heavenly body situated at the extremities of the major axis of the ellipse formed by the orbit, one of the points being that at which the body is at its greatest and the other that at which it is at its least distance from its primary. In regard to the earth and the other planets, th...
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GA.HTM
either of two points in an eccentric orbit, onefarthest from the center of attraction, the othernearest to the center of attraction. · an apse.
Found on
https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/apsis
No exact match found.
