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Perigee
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What's The Definition Of Perigee?
[n] periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
Synonyms | Synonyms for Perigee:
Related Terms | Find terms related to Perigee: abutment |
abuttal |
adjacency |
adjoiningness |
aphelion |
apogee |
apposition |
appulse |
astronomical longitude |
attitude-control rocket |
autumnal equinox |
ballistic capsule |
burn |
capsule |
celestial equator |
celestial longitude |
celestial meridian |
circle |
colures |
conjugation |
conjunction |
connection |
conterminousness |
contiguity |
coterminousness |
deep-space ship |
docking |
docking maneuver |
Earth insertion |
ecliptic |
equator |
equinoctial |
equinoctial circle |
equinoctial colure |
equinox |
ferry rocket |
fuel ship |
galactic longitude |
geocentric longitude |
geodetic longitude |
great circle |
heliocentric longitude |
injection |
insertion |
junction |
juxtaposition |
LEM |
LM |
longitude |
lunar excursion module |
lunar module |
manned rocket |
meridian |
module |
moon ship |
multistage rocket |
orbit |
parking orbit |
perihelion |
period |
reentry |
rocket |
shuttle rocket |
small circle |
soft landing |
solstitial colure |
space capsule |
space docking |
space rocket |
spacecraft |
spaceship |
syzygy |
trajectory |
union |
vernal equinox |
zodiac |
zone
See Also | periapsis |
point of periapsis
Perigee In Webster's Dictionary
\Per"i*gee\, Perigeum \Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum,
fr. Gr. ? about, near + ? the earth: cf. F. p['e]rig['e]e.]
(Astron.)
That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the
earth; -- opposed to {apogee}. It is sometimes, but rarely,
used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a
planet, etc. Called also {epigee}, {epigeum}.
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