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Old 01-12-2006, 12:28 AM
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Perihelion, perigee, peri-?

For a long time I've wanted to put together a list of all the peri- terms for the solar system i.e. the term for the point of closest approach to an object in an orbit. I've only got a few so far:

Sun - perihelion
Earth - perigee
Moon - pericynthion
Jupiter - perijove

Anyone else know of any others?
I have an idea that the term for Venus is something like pericytherion but I haven't confirmed it. I've alos been on the look out for the term for Saturn with the Cassini spaceprobe but it hasn't surfaced yet either.
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