Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The point in an orbit around the planet Jupiter where the orbiting body is closest to the planet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The point in the orbit of any onr of Jupiter's satellites where it comes nearest to the planet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[peri– + Jove (on the model of perigee).]
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word perijove.
Examples
-
The craft is due to enter an elongated orbit about Jupiter, taking 11 days to loop within 4,300 km of Jupiter's equatorial cloud-tops at its low-point, or perijove, and a high-point, or apojove, some 2.7 million km further out, beyond the orbit of Callisto which is the farthest of Jupiter's four main moons.
-
A successful burn at perijove was all that mattered; they would have plenty of time to study mysterious black spots on the way home.
2010 Odyssey Two Clarke, Arthur C. 1982
-
Even at perigee -- er, perijove -- it's much too high to be affected by atmospheric drag. "
2010 Odyssey Two Clarke, Arthur C. 1982
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.