Definitions from Wiktionary (periapsis)
▸ noun: (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
▸ noun: The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.
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▸ noun: (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
▸ noun: The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.
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point of periapsis,
apoapsis,
apapsis,
apsis,
apse,
periastron,
apogee,
perigee,
apastron,
apse line,
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