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Perigeum   Listen
noun
Perigeum, Perigee  n.  (Astron.) That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.






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"Perigeum" Quotes from Famous Books



... would be no boost now. So he'd just fall off around the other side, falling around and into Mother Earth, to skim atmosphere and climb on past and up to touch orbit altitude—and down again. A nice elliptical orbit, apogee a thousand odd miles, perigee, sixty-seventy—perhaps. How much speed had he left? How long would it be before he brushed the fringe of atmosphere once too often and too deep? ...
— Far from Home • J.A. Taylor



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