perijove

plural perijoves

1. Periapsis around Jupiter.

   Flybys that change the orbital period also rotate the line of apsides and change the perijove distance.

   2012, Christopher Russell, The Galileo Mission, →ISBN, page 51

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   It results, however, from what has been proved, that if the perijove be in conjunction, the disturbing force of s" will render the apsides of s' regressive, and if the apojove be in conjunction, it will render that motion progressive. But since the motion of the apsides of s' is regressive, the perijove must be in conjunction.

   1854, Dionysius Lardner, Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy

   It is interesting to integrate the orbit solutions backward to the 1992 perijove to see how closely the fragments come together.

   2006, Keith S. Noll, Harold A. Weaver, Paul D. Feldman, The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter: IAU Colloquium 156, →ISBN