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alien2
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Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
« on: Aug 19th, 2013, 10:35am » |
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How could perigee rather than apogee be farther from Earth?
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Re: Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
« Reply #1 on: Aug 19th, 2013, 11:01am » |
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on Aug 19th, 2013, 10:35am, alien2 wrote:
How could perigee rather than apogee be farther from Earth?
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By putting more words between them
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Re: Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
« Reply #2 on: Aug 20th, 2013, 3:02am » |
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In a dictionary?
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Re: Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
« Reply #3 on: Aug 20th, 2013, 8:57am » |
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The perigee of the Apollo 13 mission was when they broke the fuel tank. The apogee was when they landed safely.
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Re: Apogee and Perigee of the Moon
« Reply #4 on: Aug 23rd, 2013, 7:20am » |
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Towr's answer is the one I was looking for.
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