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(n.) That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Periastron'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/periastron.html. 1828.
 
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