PERIGEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("perigee" is a kind of...):

periapsis; point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)

Antonym:

apogee (apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth)

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