Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That point in the orbit of a satellite of Jupiter which is furthest from the planet. Airy.
Wiktionary
- n. astronomy the spot that is the farthest away from the planet Jupiter in the orbit of each of its own satellites; apoapsis around Jupiter
WordNet 3.0
- n. apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
Examples
“The craft is due to enter an elongated orbit about Jupiter, taking 11 days to loop within 4,300 km of Jupiter's equatorial cloud-tops at its low-point, or perijove, and a high-point, or apojove, some 2.7 million km further out, beyond the orbit of Callisto which is the farthest of Jupiter's four main moons.”
“When he re-entered Discovery, the ship was far behind the fleeing Leonov and climbing ever more slowly up toward apojove, the high point of its orbit among the outer satellites.”
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trace
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msc's Words
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ephemerides
being words related to astronomy, stellar cartography, and the music of the spheres, including names of planets, stars and constellations
ephemerides, ascension, declination, apogee, planet, star, constellation, galaxy, system, syzygy, ecliptic, sun and 202 more...
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Immrama
Magical Celtic Voyages
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Physics
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