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a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
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The point in an orbit at which any orbiting object, for example, planet, moon, artificial satellite, is farthest from the central object. Opposite of perigee. Compare perihelion.
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| apogee |
The farthest distance between the moon and earth or the earth and sun.
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The point in a satellite's elliptical orbit farthest from the center of the earth.
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Is the point in a satellite's orbit where it is at its greatest distance from its body of rotation.
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