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orbital event comparison table

Subject	has participant	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
binary star orbital event			orbital event
Earth orbital event	satellite, Earth		orbital event
galaxy orbital event	star, galaxy		orbital event
Moon orbital event	satellite, Moon		orbital event
periapsis		orbital event		The point in the orbit of a satellite where it is closest to its primary.
Sun orbital event	planet, Sun		orbital event

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