apojoven.
/ˈapəʊdʒəʊv/ Astronomy.
The point in the orbit of a satellite of the planet Jupiter at which it is at its greatest distance from the planet.
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1762 R. Dunthorne in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 106 The apojovium of the fourth satellite..moves forward about 12° in 20 years.]
1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 179 Each moon is less accelerated at apojove than perijove.
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