Apocentre

by Allison Botterill

Apocenter is the point of the orbit farthest from the central body. If the central body is the Sun, this point is called aphelion, if the Earth is apogee, if the star is apoaster. The closest point of the orbit is, accordingly, called the pericenter (perihelion, perigee, periastron).

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