apocytherion

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noun

Apoapsis around Venus.

Opposite
pericytherion
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Meanings

nounapocytherion (plural apocytheria)

plural apocytheria

  1. Apoapsis around Venus.

    this situation is illustrated in Figure 4, where the pericytherion radius 𝑟𝑝, the apocytherion radius 𝑟𝑎, and the mean radius of Venus 𝑅𝑉 are indicated.

    2024 September 7, Alessandro A. Quarta, “Venus Magnetotail Long-Term Sensing Using Solar Sails”, in Applied Sciences, volume 14, number 17, page 8016

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
pericytherion

Origin

From apo- + cythero- + -ion.

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