perilune
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See also: périlune
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From peri- + Latin lūna (“moon”).
Noun
[edit]perilune (plural perilunes)
- (astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]- see periapsis
Translations
[edit]point of lunar orbit that is closest to the Moon
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