Last Updated:2025/11/19

(astronomy, astrophysics) 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.

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periapsis

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periapsis

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天体の楕円軌道上において、2体の重心間の距離が最も小さくなる点、すなわち最接近点を指す。
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その衛星の近点が予定よりも低くなったため、技術者たちは推進噴射のスケジュールを調整した。

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