The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PERIGEE which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007.
Orbital point closest to earth crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PERIGEE | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Orbital point closest to earth
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- perigee
- apogee
- apsis
- inside
- periapsis
- point of periapsis
- revolution
- ephemeris time
- node
- tdt
- terrestrial dynamical time
- terrestrial time
Crossword Answer definitions
PERIGEE noun- The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
- (more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.
- (possibly obsolete outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
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