aposelenium
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]aposelenium (uncountable)
- (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the moon's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
Synonyms
[edit]- 2004, Science and Technology Series, volume 108, American Astronautical Society, page 162:
- Hence, the Earth gravity allows the decrease of the particle energy from zero to a negative value and its capture by the moon to an elliptical orbit, e.g., with a periselenium of ~2,000 km and a high aposelenium of ~70,000h km.
Antonyms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From apo- + Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aposelenium n
Declension
[edit]Declension of aposelenium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | aposelenium | aposelenia |
genitive | aposelenium | aposeleniów |
dative | aposelenium | aposeleniom |
accusative | aposelenium | aposelenia |
instrumental | aposelenium | aposeleniami |
locative | aposelenium | aposeleniach |
vocative | aposelenium | aposelenia |
Further reading
[edit]- aposelenium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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