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PERIGEEPoint of least distance in the Moon's orbit of the Earth (7)
SHORTESTOthers turned up 20 of least distance (8)
YURIGAGARINCosmonaut who became the first man in space when he made a single orbit of the Earth in Vostok in April, 1961 (4,7)
NEAPTIDESPoints of least difference between high and low water (4,5)
PTOLEMYHe discovered evection, the irregularity in the moon's orbit
APOGEALOf point of orbit of heavenly body farthest from earth (7)
APOGEEWhat is the point in the moon's orbit when it is at its greatest distance from the Earth? (6)
NEARESTOf the least distance away (7)
APOLUNEPoint in the lunar orbit of a spacecraft at which it is furthest from the moon (7)
NEPTUNEName the planet beyond the orbit of Uranus (7)
HGWELLSAuthor of The First Men In The Moon (1,1,5)
CRATERSHoles in the moon's surface (7)
CLOSESTLeast distance away
SOMEONEMan in the moon, see? (7)
ELECTRONFrom "carry away", a term for a perturbation in the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit around Earth caused by gravitational effects of the Sun (8)
APSISIn an orbit, the point of greatest or least distance from the central body (5)
ELLIPSEOrbit of a planet, e.g.
ECLIPTICGreat circle of the celestial sphere representing the apparent orbit of the sun, inclined at 23.45 degrees to the celestial equator (8)
ORRERYMechanical model of the solar system showing the orbits of the planets around the sun at the correct relative velocities (6)
BORMANFrank, late astronaut who led the first human orbit of the Moon in 1968 (6)