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apogeePoint at which a spacecraft, or other object, travelling in an elliptical orbit around the Earth is at its farthest from the Earth. This is an Earth-orbit apoapsis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In point of fact, in its apogee the moon is 247,552 miles, and in its perigee, 218,657 miles only distant; a fact which makes a difference of 28,895 miles, or more than one-ninth of the entire distance. Speaking of the moon, she is nearest to the earth in her perigee, and farthest from it in her apogee. |
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