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perigee comparison table

Subject	has definition	is a kind of	is an instance of	has antonym
Earth orbital event		orbital event
perigee	The point at which a body in orbit around the Earth most closely approaches the Earth. Perigee is sometimes used with reference to the apparent orbit of the Sun around the Earth.		Earth orbital event	apogee

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