perigalacticon

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Etymology

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From peri- +‎ galactic + -on, alternative form of -ion.

Noun

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perigalacticon (plural perigalacticons)

  1. (astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is closest to the centre of its local galaxy

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