mentifex at scn.org (Mentifex) wrote:
>Thank you, Yves De Rop <Yves.De.Rop at village.uunet.be>, for asking:
>>> Does someone knows what an ephapse is?
Apsis can also mean the orbit of a planet: might 'ephapse' be an
epicycle? In astronomy, it is the point of nearest and furthest
approach of a satellite to the body it orbits, e.g. apogee and
perigee for the moon. So could it be 'somewhere close to apogee'?
ew65 at bcs.org.uk