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apogee
subject			fact

apogee	has antonym perigee
	has definition The point at which a body in orbit around the Earth reaches its farthest distance from the Earth.
	is an instance of Earth orbital event
Earth orbital event	has participants satellite, Earth
orbital event	has period 1 orbital period
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence