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English noun: point of apoapsis

1. point of apoapsis (location) (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited


Synonymsapoapsis


Broader (hypernym)celestial point


Narrower (hyponym)aphelion, apogee, apojove, apolune, aposelene


Part meronymcelestial orbit, orbit


Domain categoryastronomy, uranology


Antonymsperiapsis, point of periapsis









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