perigee (redirected from perigeal)

per·i·gee  (pr-j) 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 perigum, from Late Greek perigeion : Greek peri-, peri- + Greek g, earth.] peri·geal (-jl), peri·gean (-jn) adj.

perigee

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perigee

Noun

Astron the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or a satellite is nearest the earth [Greek peri- near + gea earth]

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perigee  (pr-j)

1. The point nearest Earth's center in the orbit of the Moon or an artificial satellite.

2. The point in an orbit that is nearest to the body being orbited. Compare apogeeperihelion

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perigee

the closest point in an orbit to the body being orbited.

See also: Planets

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perigee - periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth periapsis, point of periapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited apogee - apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth