apocenter

apocenter
apocentric, adj.apocentricity /ap'euh sen tris"i tee/, n.
/ap"euh sen'teuhr/, n. Astron.
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun. Cf. pericenter.
[1900-05; APO- + CENTER]

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