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Noun

1. 1
   The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
2. 2
   (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited wordnet

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apastronapogeeapojoveapsislowest speed pointpoint of apoapsis

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periapsis

Etymology

From apo- + apsis.