Definitions
The highest point, or the farthest point in an orbit around Earth.
Word origin
From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Used in a sentence
“Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee.”
“The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km).”
“[Nereid’s] apogee—farthest point from Neptune—is five times the distance of its perigee—its closest point.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Orbital high point”6 letters
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