Perigee synonyms

pĕr'ə-jē

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apogee (related)
(Perhaps archaic except astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest from the Earth.
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perihelion (related)
The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet, comet, or man-made satellite
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aphelion (related)
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semisquare (related)
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Perigee Sentence Examples

  • The longitude of the solar perigee is now 101°, that of the earth's perihelion 281°.

  • The problem of determining an orbit may be regarded as coeval with Hipparchus, who, it is supposed, found the moving positions of the apogee and perigee of the moon's orbit.

  • In the case of the motion of the moon around the earth, assuming the gravitation of the latter to be subject to the modification in question, the annual motion of the moon's perigee should be greater by I 5" than the theoretical motion.

  • An Anomalistic month is the time in which the moon passes from perigee to perigee, &c.

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