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point of periapsis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
point of pe-ri-ap-sis
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited

Synonyms

periapsis

Questions

What does point of periapsis mean?
(astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited

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