perigee

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perigee

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n.

1. The point nearest the earth's center in the orbit of the moon or a satellite.
2. The point in any orbit nearest to the body being orbited.

[French périgée, from Medieval Latin perigēum, from Late Greek perigeion : Greek peri-, peri- + Greek gē, earth.]

perigeal per'i·ge'al (-jē'əl) or per'i·ge'an (-jē'ən) adj.

The farthest point. It often refers to the point at which a commercial satellite is farthest from the earth in its elliptical orbit. The "perigee" is the point closest to the earth.

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(per-uh-jee)

The point in the orbit of a satellite at which it is closest to its parent body. (Compare apogee.)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - perigæum, det punkt, hvor en jorddrabants bane er nærmest jorden

Nederlands (Dutch)
punt dichtst bij aarde in planetenbaan, perigeum

Français (French)
n. - périgée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erdnähe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αστρον.) περίγειο

Italiano (Italian)
perigeo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perigeu (m) (Astr.)

Русский (Russian)
перигей

Español (Spanish)
n. - perigeo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - perigeum (minsta avstånd mellan jorden-månen)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
近地点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 近地點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 근지점(달.유성이 지구에 가장가까워지는 점)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 近地点

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حضيض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הנקודה הקרובה ביותר לארץ במסלולו של כוכב‬

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