perigee
noun /ˈperɪdʒiː/
/ˈperɪdʒiː/
(astronomy)- the point in the orbit of the moon, a planet or other object in space when it is nearest the planet, for example the earth, around which it turns compare apogee
enlarge imageWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French périgée, via modern Latin from Greek perigeion ‘close round the earth’, from peri- ‘around’ + gē ‘earth’.
