Perijove

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  • noun. The point in an orbit around the planet Jupiter where the orbiting body is closest to the planet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The point in the orbit of any onr of Jupiter's satellites where it comes nearest to the planet.
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  • noun. periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
  • Word Usage
    "The craft is due to enter an elongated orbit about Jupiter, taking 11 days to loop within 4,300 km of Jupiter's equatorial cloud-tops at its low-point, or perijove, and a high-point, or apojove, some 2.7 million km further out, beyond the orbit of Callisto which is the farthest of Jupiter's four main moons."
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