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Noun: periastron  `pe-ree'as-trón
  1. (astronomy) the point in the orbit of two bodies at which the bodies are closest to each other

Derived forms: periastrons

Encyclopedia: Periastron

Nearest

perhaps
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Periactin
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Pericallis
Pericallis cruenta
Pericallis hybrida
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