per·i·gee
(pĕrə-je)
(pĕrə-je)n.
1. Astronomy The point in an orbit around the planet Earth where the orbiting body is closest to the planet.
2. The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
[Frenchpérigée, fromMedieval Latinperigeum, fromLate Greekperigeion : Greekperi-, peri- + Greekge, earth.]
per′i·geal(-jeəl), per′i·gean(-jeən)adj.
perigee- Jean Henri
- Jean Henri Casimir
- Jean Honoré
- (Jean) Iris
- Jean Jacques
- Jean Jacques
- (Jean Joseph) Louis
- Jean Le Rond d'
- Jean-Louis Kerouac.
- (Jean) Louis (Rodolphe)
- Jean Luc
- Jean Martin
- Jeanne Antoinette Poisson.
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Jeannette
- Jean Nicolas Arthur
- J(ean) Paul
- Jean Paul
- Jean Paul.
- Jean Paul
- Jean Paul Friedrich
- Jean Philippe
- "Jeb."
- Jebel Musa