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Apoapsis
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Astronomy
For an object orbiting a celestial body in general, the apoapsis is the point in its orbit which is farthest from that body. Now generally synonymous with
apogee
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Astronomy
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Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 08 October 2001.
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