Usually means: Farthest point in orbital path.
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  8. apastron: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Apastron: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (apastron)

noun:  (astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.

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