Apsis
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One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite,which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body,corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to theapogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higherapsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, theline of apsides.
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