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Earth orbital event
subject			fact

Earth orbital event	has participants satellite, Earth
	is a kind of orbital event
orbital event	has period 1 orbital period
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of Earth orbital event :

• apogee (3 facts) - The point at which a body in orbit around the Earth reaches its farthest distance from the Earth.
• perigee (3 facts) - The point at which a body in orbit around the Earth most closely approaches the Earth. Perigee is sometimes used with reference to the apparent orbit of the Sun around the Earth.