Showing posts with label Apogee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apogee. Show all posts

Apogee

The highest position in an object's orbit  surrounding the Earth, which is a measure of its distance from the middle of the Earth. The object referred to here could be the Moon, or a Satellite, or even a comet. The point farthest from a planet for a satellite, such as the moon, reached while orbiting it.