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Perigee : (noun)
1: periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is nearest to the Earth [ant: apogee]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Perigee : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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