Perigee Definition

pĕrə-jē
noun
The point nearest to the earth in the orbit of the moon or of a man-made satellite.
Webster's New World
The lowest or nearest point.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Perigee

Noun

Singular:
perigee
Plural:
perigees

Origin of Perigee

  • French périgée from Medieval Latin perigēum from Late Greek perigeion Greek peri- peri- Greek gē earth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (peri, “near") + γῆ (gÄ“, “Earth").

    From Wiktionary

Perigee Sentence Examples

  • An Anomalistic month is the time in which the moon passes from perigee to perigee, &c.

  • The problem of determining an orbit may be regarded as coeval with Hipparchus, who, it is supposed, found the moving positions of the apogee and perigee of the moon's orbit.

  • In the case of the motion of the moon around the earth, assuming the gravitation of the latter to be subject to the modification in question, the annual motion of the moon's perigee should be greater by I 5" than the theoretical motion.

  • A line joining the moon in perigee and in apogee is called the " line of apsides."

  • It may be considered as arising from a semi-annual variation in the eccentricity of the moon's orbit and the position of its perigee.

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