Astr. [(a. Fr. apojove), ad. mod.L. apojovium, f. Gr. ἀπό from + L. Jov- Jupiter; cf. apogee.] The point in the orbit of a satellite of the planet Jupiter at which it is at its greatest distance from the planet.
[1761. Danthorne, in Phil. Trans., LII. 106. The apojovium of the fourth satellite … moves forward about 120° in 20 years.]
1867. E. Denison, Astron. without Math., 179. Each moon is less accelerated at apojove than perijove.
