PERILUNE


Meaning of PERILUNE in English

[ 'pɛrɪlu:n ]

■ noun the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is closest to the moon. The opposite of apolune .

Origin

1960s: from peri- + L. luna 'moon', on the pattern of perigee .

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