apolune

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- Biology, pertaining to selection, especially sexual. apolune

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  • - Biology, pertaining to selection, especially sexual. apolune —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • In this Lunar Orbit of Injection, the satellite's closest point from the moon (perilune) is 500 km and the farthest point (apolune) is about 7,500 km. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • While the exact orbit determination will take a couple of hours, the ISRO release gave the nominal orbit parameters as 504 km perilune (the nearest point from the Moon's surface) and 7502 km apolune (the farthest point). —  The Hindu - Front Page
  • Period: May 2009* operation: elliptical orbit, 20 km (perilune) at south pole and 100 km (apolune) at north pole* mission: same as phase 2. —  Spaceports
 

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  1. apo- + Latin lūna, moon; see lune.
 

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