periapsis

Significado (Inglés)

1. The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
2. The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.

Sinónimos

periastron

point of periapsis

pericenter

periapse

Traducciones

périapside

périastre

périapse

periapside

periapside

Etimología (Inglés)

From peri- + apsis.