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apogee
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apogee (ăp`əjē), point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis apsis (pl. apsides), point in the orbit of a body where the body is neither approaching nor receding from another body about which it revolves. Any elliptical orbit has two apsides.
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apogee

The farthest point. It often refers to the point at which a commercial satellite is farthest from the earth in its elliptical orbit. The "perigee" is the point closest to the earth.


apogee
the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earth

apogee [′apĀ·ə‚jē]
(astronomy)
That point in an orbit at which the moon or an artificial satellite is most distant from the earth; the term is sometimes loosely applied to positions of satellites of other planets.


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