Vi fant 2 definisjoner av periapsis på engelsk.
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| periapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited | ||
| point of periapsis | ||
| apoapsis, point of apoapsis (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited | ||
| celestial point a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) | ||
| celestial orbit, orbit the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" | ||
| astronomy, uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | ||
| perigee periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth | ||
| perihelion periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun | ||
| perijove periapsis in orbit around Jupiter | ||
