apoapsis

• apapsis

From apo- +‎ apsis.

apoapsis (plural apoapsides or apoapsises or apoapses)

1. (astronomy) 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.

For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.

• apocenter
• apoapse

• periapsis

• apastron
• aphelion
• apoareion
• apocenter
• apocynthion
• apocytherion
• apogalacticon
• apogee
• apohermion
• apojove
• apokrone, apokron
• apolune
• aponigricon
• aposaturnium
• aposelene

•   Apsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Internationalism (see English apoapsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpoɑpsis/, [ˈɑ̝po̞ˌɑ̝ps̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpsis
• Hyphenation^(key): apo‧ap‧sis

apoapsis

1. (astronomy) apoapsis