apogee vs max

apogee

• The highest point. 

• The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth. 

• The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. 

• The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. 

max

• An extreme, a great extent. 

• Maximum; maximal. 

• To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.