Definitions from Wiktionary (peribothron)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) The point in an elliptical orbit around a black hole where the orbiting body is closest to the black hole.
▸ noun:  2003 August, A Gould& AC Quillen, “Sagittarius A* companion S0-2: a probe of very high mass star formation”, in The Astrophysical Journal, volume 592, number 2:
▸ noun:  2006 July, LM Dray, AR King, MB Davies, “Young stars in the Galactic Centre: a potential intermediate-mass star origin”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 372, number 1:
▸ noun:  2011, C Wegg, JN Bode, “Multiple tidal disruptions as an indicator of binary supermassive black hole systems”, in The Astrophysical Journal Letters:



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