perigeum

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Определение perigeum в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc

Called also epigee, epigeum

That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; opposed to apogee