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apocentre Astr.|ˈæpəʊsɛntə(r)|
[f. apo- + centre n.]
The point in the eccentric orbit of a body at which it is most distant from the body or point around which it moves.
1901Newcomb Stars 160 In some cases there may be two pericentres and two apocentres to the apparent orbit. 1902Science 7 Feb. 221 The apparently needless introduction of new terms in place of the familiar old ones, such as the logically inappropriate apocenter, pericenter, for apastron, periastron, in connection with double star orbits. |