Perigee Mnemonic
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perigee
perigee
/ˈpɛɹɪdʒiː/
Examples
- The perigee motor was jettisoned after it was used.
- I've now added perigee and apogee to the template.
- We could always find a closer perigee.
- Perigee receives about 1,500 submissions each year.
- The initial apogee was 191,000 km and perigee 350 km.
- This causes the perigee to move farther away from the earth.
- This implies an argumentof perigee of either 0 or 180 degrees.
- This will be true even when the Moon is at perigee, and the Earth at aphelion.
- The time between one perigee and the next is known as the anomalistic month.
- You cannot do these things without the node and argument of the perigee.
periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
noun
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"Pair + Key. The moon is closest, pairing a key to unlock night’s door."
"Peri + Gee. When near, gee, the Earth says to the moon in its closest spree."
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