Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The point in an orbit around the moon where the orbiting body is farthest from the moon.
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- noun astronomy The
point of anelliptical lunar orbit where thedistance between thesatellite and the Moon is at itsmaximum .
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- noun apoapsis in orbit around the moon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Period: May 2009* operation: elliptical orbit, 20 km (perilune) at south pole and 100 km (apolune) at north pole* mission: same as phase 2.
Spaceports 2008
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While the exact orbit determination will take a couple of hours, the ISRO release gave the nominal orbit parameters as 504 km perilune (the nearest point from the Moon's surface) and 7502 km apolune (the farthest point).
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In this Lunar Orbit of Injection, the satellite's closest point from the moon (perilune) is 500 km and the farthest point (apolune) is about 7,500 km.
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While the exact orbit determination will take a couple of hours, the ISRO release gave the nominal orbit parameters as 504 km perilune (the nearest point from the Moon's surface) and 7502 km apolune (the farthest point).
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- Biology, pertaining to selection, especially sexual. apolune
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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At one o’clock in the afternoon Houston time, July 22, a NASA public affairs officer reported that Eagle had achieved lunar orbit, one with an apolune of 47.2 nautical miles and a perilune of 9.1 miles.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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At one o’clock in the afternoon Houston time, July 22, a NASA public affairs officer reported that Eagle had achieved lunar orbit, one with an apolune of 47.2 nautical miles and a perilune of 9.1 miles.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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At one o’clock in the afternoon Houston time, July 22, a NASA public affairs officer reported that Eagle had achieved lunar orbit, one with an apolune of 47.2 nautical miles and a perilune of 9.1 miles.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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At one o’clock in the afternoon Houston time, July 22, a NASA public affairs officer reported that Eagle had achieved lunar orbit, one with an apolune of 47.2 nautical miles and a perilune of 9.1 miles.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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