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Noun: point of apoapsis
  1. (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
    "The spacecraft's velocity is slowest at the point of apoapsis of its elliptical orbit";
    - apoapsis

Derived forms: points of apoapsis

Type of: celestial point

Antonym: point of periapsis

Part of: celestial orbit, orbit