apoapsis, point of apoapsis
(noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apoapsis (plural apoapsides)
(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
• apocenter
• periapsis
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
