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periapsis point of periapsis

(astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited WordNet 3.0

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(astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its minimum. Wiktionary

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