pericentre US pericenter noun
- the point in an elliptical orbit that is nearest to the centre of mass of the system
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Starting from the pericentre, it is completed on the return to the pericentre.
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In astronomy the word denotes the angular distance of a body from the pericentre of the orbit in which it is moving.
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