apocenter
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]apocenter (plural apocenters)
- (astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
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[edit]- see apoapsis
Translations
[edit]the point in an orbit furthest from the center of attraction
