(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:54:41

Per`i*as"tron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. about + a star.] Astron.

That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

 

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