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20 answers for: Farthest point in an orbit around the moon
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APOLUNEFarthest point in an orbit around the moon
APOGEANReleated to the farthest point in an orbit
APOGEEFarthest point in an orbit
APHELIONExtreme point in an orbit whose name in question declares it "away from" its life-giving star, the Sun (8)
APOGEALLike the highest point in an orbit
APSISAn afterthought is point in an orbit (5)
PERIGEEThe point in its orbit around the earth when the moon is nearest the earth (7)
COMETA hazy object with a nucleus of ice and dust surrounded by gas and with a tail pointing away from the sun, moving in an eccentric orbit around the sun
PLANETFrom the ancient Greek meaning "wanderer", any one of the celestial bodies held in its elliptical orbit around the Sun by gravitational attraction (6)
GRAVITYDescribed in Einstein's general theory of relativity, universal force of attraction among matter that holds the planets in orbit around the Sun and causes ocean tides (7)
SOLARSYSTEMAll the planets and moons in orbit around the Sun (5,6)
KEPLERU.S. satellite launched in 2009 that was designed to detect extrasolar planets by watching-from orbit around the Sun-for a slight dimming during transits as these bodies passed in front of their stars
YEARThe time it takes Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun (4)
ASTEROIDAny of the thousands of small rocky objects that orbit around the sun (8)
ELLIPSEEarth's orbit around the sun, for example
COMSATMan-made device that's sent into orbit around the earth, for short
MARSIt orbits around the sun
YRSTimes of orbits around the sun: Abbr.
ELECTRONFrom "carry away", a term for a perturbation in the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit around Earth caused by gravitational effects of the Sun (8)
ANNULAREclipse of the sun in which its outer edge remains visible as a bright ring around the moon (7)