Cyclopædia
Assuming perigee is required, the following 3 results were found.
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APOGEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APOGEE
can be at, from the Earth, in its whole Revolution. See APSIS, EARTH, PLANET, etc. The opposite Point hereto, is called the Perigee. See PERIGEE. The ancient Astronomers, regarding the Earth as the Centre of the System; chiefly considered the Apogee and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AUGEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/AUGES
a planet’s orbit otherwise called apsides. See APSIDES. One of the auges is particularly denominated the apogee, the other perigee. See APOGEE and PERIGEE. AUGES
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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APSIDEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APSIDES
Points in the Orbit of a Planet, the highest whereof is called the Aphelion, or Apogee; and the lowest the Perihelion, or Perigee. See APHELION, APOGEE, PERIHELION, and PERIGEE. The Apsides are also called Apogees. See APOGEE. The Diameter which joins...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy