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pericynthion

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pericynthion [ˌpɛrɪˈsɪnθɪən]

n

(Astronautics) the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon Compare perilune, apocynthion

[from peri- + -cynthion, from Cynthia]

pericynthion

perilune.

See also: Planets

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