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How to pronounce “periapsis”
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Pronunciation guide for periapsis
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of periapsis with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer
So the periapsis will clock around the moon.
- Definition summary
- (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
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How to pronounce periapsis
Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer
So the periapsis will clock around the moon.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
- The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.
Practice Nearby Words
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