periapsis
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Etymology
Noun
periapsis (plural periapsides)
- (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its minimum.
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In the case of some particular celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
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- perigalacticon
- periastron
- perihelion
- perilune
- perigee
- perinigricon
- peribothra
- periselene
- pericynthion
- perihermion
- periareion
- perizene
- perijove
- perikrone
- perisaturnium
- periuranion
- periposeidion
- perihadion
- pericytherion
- pericytherean
- perikrition
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