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date_created: 2023-07-21
date_modified: 2023-07-21
document_type: definition
tags: definition
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# Periapsis
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**Definition**:: Periapsis is the point in an orbit where the distance between two bodies is minimal. It's the point of closest approach for an object moving in an elliptical orbit around another celestial body.


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