1) Acme 2) Culmination
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1) Apoapsis in Earth orbit 2) Astronomical point 3) Climax 4) Culmination 5) Distant orbital point 6) Far point in an orbit 7) Farthest orbit point 8) Farthest orbital point 9) Farthest point in an orbit 10) Final climactic stage 11) Furthest point of an orbit 12) High point 13) High point for sputnik
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- a final climactic stage
- apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
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is the point in the orbit of an object (moon, satellite, etc
) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth.
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• (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. • (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
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That point in a terrestrial orbit which is farthest from the Earth.
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(from the article `apse`) ...it is the apocentre, or apoapsis. Specific terms can be used for individual bodies: if the Sun is the centre, the specific terms perihelion and ... ...across Earth`s sunlit surface. If a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is near perigee, observers along the path of the Moon`s dark inner shadow ... [2 rel...
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The point in a geocentric orbit that is furthest from the Earth`s surface.
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the point in the orbit of an earth satellite which is at a maximum distance from the centre of the Earth NOTE - The apogee is the apoapsis of an earth satellite.
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The point in its orbit where an Earth satellite is farthest from the Earth.
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The furthest point of the Moon from the Earth in its orbit.
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1. <astronomy> That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. ... Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth. ... 2. The farthest or ...
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is the point in the Moon's orbit greatest distance to the Earth
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Apoapsis in Earth orbit.
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Similar to aphelion The point in an orbit when a body orbiting the Earth, (e.g. Moon or artificial satellite.) is farthest from the Earth. (opposite of perigee)
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Ap'o·gee noun [ Greek ... from the earth; ... from + ..., ..., earth: confer French
apogée .]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. » Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this ...
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The farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit.
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Apogee is an astronomical term referring to the position in the orbit of the Moon which is farthest from the Earth. Opposite to Perigee.
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The point in orbit farthest from the Earth.
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apogee 1. The point at which a satellite orbiting an astronomical object is farthest from the center of the object being orbited. 2. The point in the orbit of the moon, or of an artificial satellite, most distant from the center of the earth. 3. The point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited. 4. The farthest, or highest, point; a...
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Proprietary AGFA software that is used by Parliamentary Press as the system by which digital workflow is directed at the Computer-to-Plate (Galileo) System.
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noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
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Point at which a spacecraft, or other object, travelling in an elliptical orbit around the Earth is at its farthest from the Earth. This is an Earth-orbit apoapsis
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The point in an object's orbit around the earth when it is furthest from the Earth.
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the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Cf. perigee. · the highest or most distant point; climax.
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