Astro*Dictionary
by Michael Erlewine
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"Perilune"
From the Greek "near the moon." The point in the orbit of a body (artificial satelite or spacecraft) that is nearest the center of the Moon.
See also: ♦ Periapsis ♦ Apoapsis
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