APOGEE
- the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth
- the remotest point of the orbit of the moon or a satellite
- the highest point
- the point in the orbit of a body which is farthest from the earth [n APOGEES] : APOGEAL [adj], APOGEAN [adj], APOGEIC [adj]
- the farthest point from the earth of a heavenly body [n -S]