{"id":3704,"date":"2026-02-19T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=3704"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:39:03","slug":"perigee","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/fr\/glossary\/perigee\/","title":{"rendered":"perigee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On an <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: elliptical orbit\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;elliptical orbit&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Bodies in space orbit in elliptical rather than circular orbits because of factors such as gravity and drag. 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Earth satellite orbits with inclinations near 0&#xB0; are called equatorial orbits because the satellite stays nearly over the equator. Orbits with inclinations near 90&#xB0; are called polar orbits because the satellite crosses nearly over the north and south poles.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/fr\/glossary\/orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">orbit<\/a> path, the point where a satellite is closest to the Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3704","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"fr","enabled_languages":["en","es","de","fr","it"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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