apogee

Meaning

Noun

• The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
• The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
• The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
• The highest point.

Related

Similar words

• apocenter, apoapsis, apsis
• acme, culmination, pinnacle, zenith, climax

Opposite words

• periapsis
• perigee
• nadir, perigee

Origin

• From French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogeum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον, from ἀπό + γῆ.