Wat (wie) is apogee - definitie
EXTREME POINT IN AN OBJECT'S ORBIT
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![Diagram of a body's direct [[orbit]] around the [[Sun]] with its nearest (perihelion) and farthest (aphelion) points.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perihelion-Aphelion.svg?width=200 "Diagram of a body's direct [[orbit]] around the [[Sun]] with its nearest (perihelion) and farthest (aphelion) points.")
![The perihelion (green) and aphelion (orange) points of the [[inner planets]] of the Solar System](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inner Planet Orbits 02.svg?width=200 "The perihelion (green) and aphelion (orange) points of the [[inner planets]] of the Solar System")
![The perihelion (green) and aphelion (orange) points of the [[outer planets]] of the Solar System](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Outer Planet Orbits 02.svg?width=200 "The perihelion (green) and aphelion (orange) points of the [[outer planets]] of the Solar System")
Apogee
·noun Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
II. Apogee ·noun That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
apogee
The apogee of something such as a culture or a business is its highest or its greatest point. (FORMAL)
= peak
N-SING: with supp
apogee
['ap?d?i:]
¦ noun
1. the culmination or climax of something.
2. Astronomy the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. The opposite of perigee.
Origin
C16: from Fr. apogee or mod. L. apogaeum, from Gk apogaion (diastema), '(distance) away from earth'.
Wikipedia
Apsis
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An apsis (from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís) 'arch, vault'; PL apsides AP-sih-deez) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. For example, for orbits about the Sun the apsides are called aphelion (farthest) and perihelion (nearest).
Uitspraakvoorbeelden voor apogee
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2. of apogee irreversibly in the human project very much
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3. the apogee of that idea when both Rudy Guiliani and George Bush and countless others got up
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4. the very apogee of his expedition on the surface of the moon sustained only by this beautifully
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Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor apogee
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5. At their apogee, then, American conservatives are looking down in alarm and despondency.