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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!mips!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!venice!gumby.dsd.trw.com!deneva!news
  2. From: hangfore@spf.trw.com (John Stevenson)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.space
  4. Subject: Re: Calendar and Zodiak
  5. Message-ID: <2A75DE0E.6883@deneva.sdd.trw.com>
  6. Date: 28 Jul 92 23:53:49 GMT
  7. References: <1992Jul28.194736.11509@pixel.kodak.com>
  8. Sender: news@deneva.sdd.trw.com
  9. Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
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  12. In article <1992Jul28.194736.11509@pixel.kodak.com> dj@ssd.kodak.com (Dave  
  13. Jones) writes:
  14. > Aphelion and Perihelion.  We're going to need generic terms for nearest
  15.                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  16. > & farthest points from the primary.  Perigee, periselenion, perihelion,
  17. > perijove, periarion (?)........betcha everyone just says apogee and
  18. > perigee in the end.
  19. > 
  20. periapsis and apoapsis, please  :-)
  21.  
  22. John Stevenson
  23. hangfore@spf.trw.com
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