1) Closest point in an orbit 2) Closest position in space 3) Innermost orbital point 4) Lowest orbital point 5) Nearest approach 6) Nearest orbital point 7) Orbit position 8) Orbital extreme 9) Orbital low point 10) Orbital minimum 11) Orbital position 12) Periapsis 13) Periapsis in Earth orbit 14) Point in an ellipse
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1) Nadir
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The point on a planet?s orbit at which it is nearest Earth.
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• (n.) Alt. of Perigeum
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That point in a terrestrial orbit which is nearest to the Earth.
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(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...
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The point in its orbit where the Moon, or an artificial satellite, is closest to Earth. Compare with apogee and perihelion.
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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.
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The point in the orbit closest to the Earth.
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the point or time when Moon is nearest Earth.
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The position of the Moon in its orbit when it is closest to the Earth.
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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)
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Periapsis in Earth orbit.
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The point in its orbit where the Moon, or planet is closest to the Earth.
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The closest point to the Earth in the Moon's orbit.
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Perigee is an astronomical term referring to the position in the Moon's orbit nearest to the earth, opposite to Apogee.
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The point in the orbit of the Moon or other satellite at which it is closest to the Earth.
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The point in the orbit closest to the Earth.
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n] - periapsis in Earth orbit
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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.
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The point of a satellite's orbit closest to Earth. See also: Earth, Periapsis, Pericentre, Perihelion.
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noun periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
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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
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The point in an object's orbit around the Earth when it is closest to the Earth.
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the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
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