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apogee

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Noun — The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.

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From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).

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