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Pronunciation: [ɐpˈastɹɒn] (IPA)

Apastron refers to the point of orbit in which two celestial bodies are at their farthest distance apart. Other synonyms for this term include "apogee" and "apoapsis." Apogee is commonly used in the context of spacecraft and refers to the highest point in an orbit around the Earth. Apoapsis can be used more broadly and refers to the point of farthest distance in any orbit. Both terms describe a point of climax, with potential variations in context. These terms are frequently used in the field of astronomy and space exploration to describe the distances between planets, comets, and other celestial objects.
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Apastron is a term used in astronomy to describe the point in an orbit of a celestial body that is furthest from the object it is in orbit around. Antonyms for the word apastraon would be periastron, which is the point in the orbit of a body closest to the object it is in orbit around, and apogee, which is the point in the orbit of a body around the Earth that is furthest from the Earth. The term perigee is the antonym for apogee, which is the point in the orbit of a body closest to the Earth. Understanding the different points in an orbit can help to study the movement of celestial bodies and their behavior.

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At periastron the disturbing force will, therefore, increase the Apastron distance by an enormous amount, while at Apastron it increases the periastron distance by a very small amount.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
This pace, however, has not been maintained, for, their periastron having occurred in 1750, they travelled more rapidly in the last century than they are doing at present, and, as their orbits are so eccentric that when at Apastron the stars are twice as remote from each other as at periastron, they will for the next three and a half centuries continue to slacken their pace, until they shall have reached the most remote points of their orbits, when they will again begin to approach with an increasing velocity; so that the time in which an entire revolution can be accomplished will not be much less than 1,000 years.
"The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'"
Thomas Orchard
The pair travel in an orbit from fourteen to forty-two times the radius of the Earth's orbit; so that when at Apastron they are three times as distant from each other as when at periastron.
"The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'"
Thomas Orchard

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