Synonyms for perigee
ˈpɛr ɪˌdʒiperigee

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1. perigeenoun

   Antonyms:
   apogee

2. perigeenoun

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   apogee

3. perigeenoun

   Antonyms:
   apogee

4. perigeenoun

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   apogee

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1. perigeenoun

   periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

   Antonyms:
   apogee

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1. Noah Petro:

   I’ve been telling people to go out at night on either Sunday or Monday night to see the supermoon, the difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it’s cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday. Any time after sunset should be fine. The last time the full moon was this close to Earth was 1948, NASA says. BEHOLD, THE' PILLARS OF DESTRUCTION' The moon only appears full from Earth when our planet is between the sun and the moon. But since the moon’s orbit has an elliptical shape, sometimes it is closer to Earth than other times. Astronomers call the closest-to-the-Earth moment the perigee. What makes November 14 special is that the moon.

2. Michael Collins:

   Now, we tried sometimes not to sit next to Buzz at a party because he was working 24 hours, around the clock, with 'now, if you get an ellipse and its epicenter is incongruent with the other, and then of course this comes through and the perigee is down there,'.