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• n  periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

• Until then, no one could be sure that the angle of inclination, to say nothing of the perigee and apogee, represented more than a launch mistake or a guidance error.
• If its perigee edges in too close to the earth, the paddle-wheel satellite still has a 5-lb.
• Its perigee (lowest point) is 347 miles above the earth; its apogee (highest point) is 2,065 miles.

• apogee

News & Articles

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• Perigee » The moon will be at its closest point in its orbit early Sunday morning.
  On Saturday night, a supermoon will grace the eastern horizon. The moon will appear about 14 percent larger because it will be at its closest point at its orbit in its elliptical path as it travels around the Earth — a point called perigee.
  June 22, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• This year's 'super moon' rises tonight
  Tonight a perigee moon will coincide with a full moon creating a "super moon" when it will pass by the earth at its closest point in 2013. Here's a look at this year's perigee moon and "supermoons" from years past.
  June 22, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
• 'Super moon' in the sky this weekend
  The perigee -- the name for the point in a lunar cycle when the moon is nearest to Earth -- will occur at 7:11 a.m. Sunday, when the body will be 356,911 kilometers, or 221,774 miles, from Earth.
  June 21, 2013 - Philly.com