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apoapsis
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apoapsis (plural apoapsides or apoapsises or apoapses)
- (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
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For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
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Finnish
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Internationalism (see English apoapsis).
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apoapsis
Declension
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