[doctoboggan]

Just replace solar with stellar.

[jlgreco]

This seems like yet another case of unnecessarily Earth/Sol-centric terminology, much like "apogee" being Earth specific such that you have to use "apoapsis" if you want to be generic. I mean, do we really need a new word for every planet, the sun, a star in general, a black hole specifically, and galaxies? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsis#Terminology

We should declare terminology bankruptcy to wipe out our existing terminology/language debt, then pick sensible terms for everything. While I'm the topic, we should also do "kilogram"->"grave", "gram"->"micrograve".

[nitrogen]

Shouldn't that be "milligrave" if you're using SI prefixes?

[jlgreco]

You are absolutely correct.

[lmm]

When talking about orbits it's very useful to be able to make a distinction between apogee and lunar or solar apoapsis.

[jlgreco]

You inadvertently gave the solution: "lunar apoapsis", "solar apoapsis", "earth apoapsis".

Much easier than "aposelene/apocynthion/apolune", "aphelion", "apogee".

[pmahoney]

So, what gets to be "mg"?

I'm not against the idea, but please don't have the new base also start with "g".

[jlgreco]

Hence "terminology bankruptcy", all existing terminology debt will be erased ;)

[yo-mf]

I once had a stellar wind, about near blew the doors out my house...

So you see, probably does not work so well.