p 3 e 1 r 1 i 1 g 2 e 1 e 1
7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
originFrom French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0