See also:

• PERIGEE (Gr. zrepi, near, 'A', the earth)

PERIGEE (Gr. zrepi, near, 'A', the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth)  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy that point of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon's See also:

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

orbit or of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun's apparent orbit at which the moon or sun approach nearest to the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . The sun's See also:

• PERIGEE (Gr. zrepi, near, 'A', the earth)

perigee and the earth's See also:

• PERIHELION (Gr. reg., near, titXLor, sun)

perihelion are so related that they differ 18o° in See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude, the first being on the See also:

• LINE

line from the earth toward the sun, and the second from the sun toward the earth . The longitude of the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar perigee is now ro1°, that of the earth's perihelion 281° .