apolune
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From apo- (“far”) + Latin lūna (“moon”).
Noun[edit]
apolune (plural apolunes)
- (astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
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- see apoapsis