perijove

noun

Etymology

From peri- + Jove.

  1. derived from *dyḗws
  2. derived from Iovis
  3. inherited from Joves
  4. prefixed as perijove — “peri + Jove

Definitions

  1. Periapsis around Jupiter.

    • It is interesting to integrate the orbit solutions backward to the 1992 perijove to see how closely the fragments come together.
    • Flybys that change the orbital period also rotate the line of apsides and change the perijove distance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perijove. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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