Astronomy

Patricia P. (United States of America)
Law of the stars
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  1. aphelion
    apoapsis in solar orbit
  2. apoapsis
    the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
  3. apogee
    the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  4. apojove
    apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
  5. ephemeris
    an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year
  6. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  7. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  8. umbra
    a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
  9. gibbous
    (used of the moon) more than half full
  10. gibbosity
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
Created on Sun Jun 21 06:39:14 EDT 2009 (updated Tue Jun 23 08:08:00 EDT 2009)

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