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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 232 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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APSE and APSIDES, in See also:

MECHANICS

mechanics, either of the two points of an See also:

ORBIT (from Lat. orbita, a track, orbis, a wheel)

orbit which are nearest to and farthest from the centre of See also:

motion . They are called the See also:

LOWER

lower or nearer, and the higher or more distant apsides respectively . The " See also:

LINE

line of apsides" is that which joins them, forming the See also:

major See also:

AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of the orbit .

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