PERILUNE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Periapsis in orbit around the moon

Synonyms:

perilune; periselene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("perilune" is a kind of...):

periapsis; point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)

Antonym:

apolune (apoapsis in orbit around the moon)

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