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- Apogee - n. - That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
- Apogee - n. - Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
- Apsis - n. - One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.