Apoareion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Apoapsis around Mars. no-plural

    "Taking advantage of the highly elliptical orbit (~400 km periareion' and ~70,000 km apoareion) of MOM, the scientific objective of MENCA is to radially profile the composition of the neutral exosphere of Mars starting from the MOM periareion."

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"Taking advantage of the highly elliptical orbit (~400 km periareion' and ~70,000 km apoareion) of MOM, the scientific objective of MENCA is to radially profile the composition of the neutral exosphere of Mars starting from the MOM periareion."

Etymology

From apo- + areo- + -ion.

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