Hypertext Webster Gateway: "periapsis"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
periapsis
n : (astronomy) the point in as orbit closest to the body being
orbited [syn: {point of periapsis}] [ant: {apoapsis}, {apoapsis}]
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