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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 232 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APSE and APSIDES, in See also:

mechanics, either of the two points of an See also:orbit which are nearest to and farthest from the centre of See also:motion. They are called the See also:lower or nearer, and the higher or more distant apsides respectively. The " See also:line of apsides" is that which joins them, forming the See also:major See also:axis of the orbit.

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