OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15661

perigee

/ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perigeo
The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth change…
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