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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=celestial_mechanics">celestial mechanics</a>, <b>apsidal precession</b> (or <b>apsidal advance</b>) is the <a href="page.php?w=precession">precession</a> (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the <a href="page.php?w=apsis">apsides</a> (line of apsides) of an <a href="page.php?w=orbiting_body">astronomical body</a>'s <a href="page.php?w=orbit">orbit</a>. The apsides are the orbital points farthest (apoapsis) and closest (periapsis) from its <a href="page.php?w=primary_%28astronomy%29">primary body</a>. The</p><p>
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