Usually means: Closest point in an orbit.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pericenter: Merriam-Webster
  2. pericenter: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pericenter: Wordnik
  4. pericenter: Wiktionary
  5. pericenter: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. pericenter: Dictionary.com
  7. Pericenter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. pericenter: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pericenter: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Pericenter: Extragalactic Astronomy

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pericenter)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) The point of closest approach of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction.

Similar:
peribaryon, perigee, peribothron, perigalacticum, pericynthion, apocenter, perihelion, periastron, periherm, perihelium, more...

Opposite:
apocenter, apsis, furthest point, farthest point

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Similar:
peribaryon, perigee, peribothron, perigalacticum, pericynthion, apocenter, perihelion, periastron, periherm, perihelium, more...

Opposite:
apocenter, apsis, furthest point, farthest point



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