Relating to or occurring at the apogee, the farthest point in an orbit from the body being orbited.
From apogee (from apo- 'away from' + gaia 'earth') + -ic (adjective suffix). Apogee originally meant the farthest point from Earth in planetary motion.
Apogaeic is the astronomical term for when a satellite is at its most distant point, and every Hubble Space Telescope image we take was snapped at slightly different apogaeic distances, subtly changing our perspective of the universe.
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