periapsis

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

periapside

sinonimi

periastron

point of periapsis

pericenter

periapse

Traduzioni

périapside

périastre

périapse

periapside

Etimologia (Inglese)

From peri- + apsis.