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Apogee
For the Moon or an artificial satellite moving around the Earth in an elliptical orbit, the distance between the object and the Earth changes throughout the orbit.

 


apogee
The point in a geocentric orbit that is furthest from the Earth's surface.
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Apogee
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(p´j), point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis.

apogee
The point in its orbit where an Earth satellite is farthest from the Earth.
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Apogee The point at which a body in orbit around the Earth reaches its farthest distance from the Earth. It is the opposite to perigee ...

Apogee
the point in orbit farthest from the Earth.
Apparent Magnitude
the apparent brightness of an object in the sky as it appears to an observer on Earth.

Apogee: The point in a body's orbit (e.g. the Moon's) around Earth where the orbiting body is the farthest from the Earth.
Apparent magnitude: The measure of the observed brightness received from a source.

Apogee
Orbital point of greatest distance from the earth
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apogee
The point in its orbit where the Moon is at its furthest distance from the Earth. Opposite of perigee.
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Apogee The position in a geocentric orbit at which the orbiting object is at its greatest distance from Earth.

apogee
the point in a satellite's orbit when it is farthest from Earth
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Apogee. The furthest point of the Moon from the Earth in its orbit.

APOGEE - Point in an object’s orbit farthest from Earth.
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For an object orbiting the Earth, the apogee is the point in its orbit which is farthest from the Earth.
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apogee
The point farthest from the Earth in a body circling the Earth.
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Apogee
The point in an objects orbit around the earth when it is furthest from the Earth.
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Moon at apogee, its greatest distance from the Earth for the Lunar month, 406584 km.
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Moon furthest north, so lowest southern hemisphere transit for the month.

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Perigees and apogees recur on or near the same calendar dates every four years.
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21. Apogee
Orbital point of greatest distance from the earth. The Moon's apogee is approximately 252,710 miles. See also perigee.

Perigee and Apogee. These are the minimum and maximum distances from the Earth of a satellite or other body.
Perihelion and Aphelion are the minimum and maximum distances from the Sun of a planet or other body.

Apareon is analogous to apogee . See geo. apastron (High Energy Astrophysics Dictionary- GSFC) The point of greatest separation of two stars, as in a binary star orbit.

That orbital point farthest from the earth is called apogee. Perigee and apogee are used by some writers in referring to orbits of satellites, especially artificial satellites, around any planet or satellite, ...

antipodal point the point that is directly on the opposite side of the planet aphelion the point in its orbit where a planet is farthest from the Sun; when refering to objects orbiting the Earth the term apogee is used; ...

After launch on an M-V-3 launch vehicle Nozomi was put into an elliptical geocentric parking orbit with a perigee of 340 km and an apogee of 400,000 km.

surface reflectivity altitude the angular distance of an object above or below the horizon angstrom (Å) commonly used to measure the wavelength of light; equal to 10-10 meters aphelion the outermost point in a solar orbit apogee ...

Following the sleep period, the Agena primary propulsion system was fired for 25 seconds at 7:12:41 UTC on September 14, raising the docked spacecraft apogee to 1374.

Perigee and Apogee
The largest separation between the Earth and Moon on its orbit is called apogee and the smallest separation is called perigee.

055, whence the moon is commonly more than i' further from the earth at apogee than at perigee. The line of apsides is in continual motion, generally direct, and performs a revolution in about 12 years.

Al-Farghani gave revised values for the obliquity of the ecliptic, the precessional movement of the apogees of the sun and the moon, and the circumference of the earth.

The drawing here shows the orbit of Mars (solid) and the transfer ellipse (broken line), with radiuses (r1, r2) to the (perigee, apogee) points, at which the spacecraft velocity is (V1, V2).

When a solar eclipse occurs near apogee, there is therefore a small ring or annulus of Sun that remains uncovered even at the moment of maximum eclipse.

Usually a satellite's orbit is an ellipse with a perigee altitude and an apogee altitude.

The satellite moves fastest at perigee and slowest at apogee. The speed varies just as the speed of a child on a swing (see diagram). Near the top of the swing arc, the swing is going slow; at the bottom, it goes very fast.

For example, during the period 1969-2000, apogee (the greatest distance) varies from 404,063 to 406,711 kilometres, while perigee (the least distance) varies from 356,517 to 370,354 kilometres.

In an elliptical orbit, the speed varies and is greatest at perigee (minimum altitude) and least at apogee (maximum altitude). Elliptical orbits can lie in any plane that passes through the earth's center.

The farthest point is the apogee. For planets, the point in their orbit closest to the sun is perihelion. The farthest point is called aphelion. Earth reaches its aphelion during summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Based on the data presented in the Moon's data box, verify the values given for the Moon's perigee (minimum distance from Earth) and apogee (maximum distance from Earth), and estimate the Moon's minimum and maximum angular diameter, ...

Adding energy at perijove will increase apojove altitude.
Adding energy at apogee will increase perigee altitude.
Removing energy at periselene will decrease apselene altitude.
Removing energy at apochron will decrease perichron altitude.

SDSS-III is also operating two more surveys: MARVELS, which will implement a new instrument to measure spectra of 8,500 nearby Sun-like stars to look for 'wobbles' that will indicate the presence of a planet, and APOGEE, ...

Sombrero Galaxy
Taken by Al Kelly using an Apogee AP7P camera and 17.5" Newtonian.

Definition: perigee: The point in its orbit where an Earth satellite is closest to the Earth. Opposite of apogee.
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Since the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle, its distance varies. At its farthest point, known as apogee, it is 252,080 miles (405,686 km) away. At its closest point, known as perigee, it is 225,621 miles (363,104 km) away.

A satellite is in a supersynchronous orbit when its orbital apogee (farthest point of the orbit) is much greater than the eventual geosynchronous altitude. Later, the satellite will be maneuvered into its final geosynchronous or geostationary orbit.

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