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2673:740,679,835 km (460,237,112 mi)
2655:249,232,432 km (154,865,853 mi)
2652:206,655,215 km (128,409,597 mi)
1302:Various related terms are used for other
146:Learn how and when to remove this message
5028:Photographic Size Comparison, perseus.gr
5022:Photographic Size Comparison, perseus.gr
4539:"Perihelion, Aphelion and the Solstices"
3959:"Earth-Moon Barycenter - SkyMarvels.com"
3825:when it had only 8 observations over an
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2631:147,098,291 km (91,402,640 mi)
2613:108,942,780 km (67,693,910 mi)
2610:107,476,170 km (66,782,600 mi)
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4893:from the original on September 13, 2021
4682:"Data.GISS: Earth's Orbital Parameters"
4601:from the original on September 29, 2015
4113:from the original on September 30, 2019
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2592:69,817,445 km (43,382,549 mi)
2589:46,001,009 km (28,583,702 mi)
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5741:Transposition, docking, and extraction
4994:
4860:from the original on February 12, 2023
1875:The two images below show the orbits,
1330:is occasionally used for Jupiter, but
4919:from the original on January 31, 2018
4571:from the original on January 11, 2018
4488:from the original on December 8, 2015
4431:from the original on December 9, 2019
4380:from the original on October 24, 2018
4350:from the original on November 8, 2018
4063:dictionaries give both pronunciations
3981:
3979:
1084:, the point of least distance is the
975:, the point of least distance is the
875:are independent of the smaller mass.
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4838:JPL SBDB: 101P/Chernykh (Epoch 2012)
4819:from the original on October 3, 2020
4545:from the original on January 3, 2018
4519:from the original on August 23, 2019
3000:, at minimum (pericenter) distance,
2161:
2021:Distances of selected bodies of the
84:adding citations to reliable sources
4870:(JPL#K242/3 Soln.date: 2022-Oct-24)
4189:from the original on March 29, 2022
4160:from the original on March 19, 2010
3131:, at maximum (apocenter) distance,
2891:14,594,512,904 km (9.068609883
784:The two-body system of interacting
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4793:from the original on July 17, 2020
4767:from the original on July 16, 2020
4761:"JPL SBDB: Hale-Bopp (Epoch 1996)"
4715:from the original on July 13, 2021
4627:from the original on July 17, 2015
4439:– via ui.adsabs.harvard.edu.
3196:Specific relative angular momentum
3041:{\textstyle r_{\text{per}}=(1-e)a}
2884:5,765,732,799 km (3.582660263
2862:7,894,762,625 km (4.905578065
2855:5,671,928,586 km (3.524373028
2833:7,706,399,149 km (4.788534427
2826:5,157,623,774 km (3.204798834
2804:7,376,124,302 km (4.583311152
2797:4,436,756,954 km (2.756872958
2751:4,537,039,826 km (2.819185846
2744:4,459,753,056 km (2.771162073
2722:3,006,318,143 km (1.868039489
2715:2,734,998,229 km (1.699449110
2152:. (This is closely related to the
2109:are easier to heat than the seas.
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5801:Kepler's laws of planetary motion
4735:"NASA planetary comparison chart"
4662:from the original on July 6, 2020
4370:"Dawn Journal: 11 Years in Space"
3185:Kepler's laws of planetary motion
3172:{\textstyle r_{\text{ap}}=(1+e)a}
1117:), and of greatest distance, the
535:Kepler's laws of planetary motion
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5796:Interplanetary Transport Network
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5515:Longitude of the ascending node
5056:United States Naval Observatory
4266:, January 1998, republished at
4135:, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965. (
2561:Distance from Sun at perihelion
1871:Inner planets and outer planets
1076:When discussing a satellite of
878:When used as a suffix—that is,
270:is the line connecting the two
71:needs additional citations for
5834:Retrograde and prograde motion
4969:JPL SBDB: 4 Vesta (Epoch 2021)
3921:(5th ed.). HarperCollins.
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2044:Earth perihelion and aphelion
852:. For the Sun, the suffix is
806:There are two apsides in any
5781:Equatorial coordinate system
4656:University of Southern Maine
4623:. Space Weather. July 2008.
4344:"MAVEN » Science Orbit"
3843:Distance of closest approach
3701:chosen using an unperturbed
1361:. More recently, during the
1353:were used when referring to
844:, so the apsides' names are
168:(2 and 3) with respect to a
4056:September 21, 2019, at the
3868:Perifocal coordinate system
3738:time of perihelion passage
3360:{\textstyle r_{\text{per}}}
1824:Diagram of a body's direct
1808:Perihelion (disambiguation)
689:Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
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5533:Longitude of the periapsis
4256:February 25, 2019, at the
4150:"Apollo 15 Mission Report"
3991:December 22, 2015, at the
3695:time of perihelion passage
3331:{\textstyle r_{\text{ap}}}
3183:While, in accordance with
2126:longitude of the periapsis
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658:Engineering and efficiency
477:Bi-elliptic transfer orbit
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5844:Specific angular momentum
5050:October 13, 2007, at the
5037:October 13, 2007, at the
4478:"the definition of apsis"
3898:Dictionary.com Unabridged
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1815:Aphelion (disambiguation)
317:, and the nearest point,
303:, and the nearest point,
4263:Asimov's Science Fiction
4107:"Basics of Space Flight"
3932:Joe Rao (July 6, 2023).
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684:Propellant mass fraction
583:Gravitational influences
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36:Perigee (disambiguation)
5839:Specific orbital energy
4235:10.1093/mnras/176.3.633
4085:Encyclopædia Britannica
3811:Trans-Neptunian objects
3749:Date of perihelion (tp)
3261:Specific orbital energy
2130:longitude of perihelion
1802:Perihelion and aphelion
869:Newton's laws of motion
555:Specific orbital energy
32:Apogee (disambiguation)
5251:Geostationary transfer
4981:"JPL SBDB: 2015 TH367"
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5766:Characteristic energy
5736:Trans-lunar injection
5524:Argument of periapsis
5201:Prograde / Retrograde
5162:Hyperbolic trajectory
5026:Aphelion – Perihelion
4787:"JPL SBDB: Hale-Bopp"
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668:Preflight engineering
400:Argument of periapsis
287:for the farthest and
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5671:Bi-elliptic transfer
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1977:the lines of apsides
1861:full dynamical model
886:point, or 2) at the
724:Propulsive maneuvers
80:improve this article
5711:Low-energy transfer
4692:on October 2, 2015.
4646:Rockport, Steve C.
4621:"Earth at Aphelion"
4541:. timeanddate.com.
4417:2009JGRA..114.3215C
4314:10.1038/nature01121
4306:2002Natur.419..694S
4226:1976MNRAS.176..633F
3853:Flyby (spaceflight)
3739:
3715:Short-period comets
3697:are defined at the
2079:Milankovitch cycles
1949:of the Solar System
1933:of the Solar System
1849:osculating elements
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1403:Terminology summary
856:, so the names are
776:General description
701:Efficiency measures
604:Sphere of influence
573:Celestial mechanics
355:Part of a series on
5706:Inclination change
5354:Distant retrograde
4686:data.giss.nasa.gov
3963:www.skymarvels.com
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5288:Orbit of the Moon
5147:Highly elliptical
4741:on August 4, 2016
4374:www.planetary.org
4290:(6908): 694–696.
4220:(6908): 633–646.
4060:, page 26.) Many
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4079:"Perigee"
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3808:
3736:12P/Pons–Brooks
3711:Comet Hale–Bopp
3688:
3664:
3663:
3616:
3615:
3603:semi-minor axis
3591:arithmetic mean
3550:
3540:
3537:
3510:
3497:
3496:
3485:
3472:
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3458:
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3408:
3395:
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3381:
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3375:semi-major axis
3347:
3342:
3341:
3318:
3313:
3312:
3285:
3266:
3265:
3225:
3218:
3214:
3201:
3200:
3138:
3133:
3132:
3097:
3077:
3061:
3056:
3055:
3054:Minimum speed,
3007:
3002:
3001:
2966:
2946:
2930:
2925:
2924:
2923:Maximum speed,
2910:
2892:
2885:
2877:
2863:
2856:
2848:
2834:
2827:
2819:
2805:
2798:
2790:
2769:
2752:
2745:
2737:
2723:
2716:
2708:
2687:
2666:
2645:
2624:
2603:
2582:
2574:difference (%)
2573:
2539:
2069:
2067:
2055:
2053:
2046:
2041:
2040:
2039:
2018:
2016:
1957:
1950:
1943:
1934:
1927:
1915:"line of nodes"
1873:
1818:
1811:
1804:
1785:
1776:
1768:
1766:
1752:
1750:
1700:
1692:
1672:
1671:
1668:
1651:
1638:
1630:
1629:
1626:
1625:
1622:
1621:
1618:
1605:
1597:
1580:
1563:
1550:
1546:
1538:
1537:
1534:
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1530:
1513:
1496:
1479:
1462:
1451:
1442:
1405:
1363:Artemis program
1324:Galactic Center
1306:. The suffixes
1273:Johannes Kepler
1271:were coined by
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1028:
984:
980:
942:
801:
786:elliptic orbits
778:
769:
740:
739:
735:Orbit insertion
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716:
702:
694:
693:
669:
661:
657:
650:
649:
645:Lyapunov orbits
636:
635:
619:
609:
608:
584:
576:
572:
565:
564:
550:Surface gravity
525:Escape velocity
515:
507:
506:
487:Parabolic orbit
483:
482:
449:
447:
444:two-body orbits
435:
434:
425:Semi-major axis
390:
380:
376:
268:line of apsides
248:
213:
209:
152:
141:
135:
132:
89:
87:
77:
65:
54:
43:
28:
23:
22:
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5867:List of orbits
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5819:Orbit equation
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5808:
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5798:
5793:
5788:
5783:
5778:
5773:
5768:
5763:
5757:
5755:
5747:
5746:
5744:
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5728:
5723:
5718:
5713:
5708:
5703:
5698:
5693:
5691:Gravity assist
5688:
5686:Delta-v budget
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5678:
5673:
5667:
5665:
5659:
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5637:
5628:
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5617:Orbital period
5609:
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5600:
5599:
5597:True longitude
5590:
5588:Mean longitude
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5572:
5555:
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5539:
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5508:
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5489:
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5457:
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5366:
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5348:
5347:
5346:
5344:Areostationary
5341:
5336:
5327:
5325:
5319:
5318:
5316:
5315:
5313:Very low Earth
5310:
5305:
5300:
5295:
5290:
5285:
5280:
5275:
5270:
5265:
5260:
5255:
5254:
5253:
5248:
5241:Geosynchronous
5237:
5235:
5229:
5228:
5226:
5225:
5223:Transfer orbit
5220:
5219:
5218:
5213:
5203:
5198:
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5188:
5183:
5181:Lagrange point
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5173:
5164:
5159:
5154:
5149:
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5115:
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5103:Gravitational
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2464:
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2222:
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502:Decaying orbit
499:
494:
489:
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467:
465:Transfer orbit
463:
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459:Elliptic orbit
456:
454:Circular orbit
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441:
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397:
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371:
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272:extreme values
260:planetary body
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5942:Solar System
5829:Perturbation
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5786:Ground track
5696:Gravity turn
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5570:True anomaly
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5553:Mean anomaly
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5455:Eccentricity
5453:
5411:Lunar cycler
5384:Heliocentric
5324:other points
5273:Medium Earth
5171:Non-inclined
4985:. Retrieved
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4943:JPL Horizons
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3873:True anomaly
3863:Mean anomaly
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3791:dwarf planet
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3730:solution vs
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3693:such as the
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1693:host object
1691:Astronomical
1452:of the name
1441:Astronomical
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497:Radial orbit
448:eccentricity
430:True anomaly
415:Mean anomaly
405:Eccentricity
394:
347:Solar System
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78:Please help
73:verification
70:
5930:Outer space
5918:Spaceflight
5791:Hill sphere
5626:Mean motion
5506:Inclination
5495:Orientation
5396:Mars cycler
5334:Areocentric
5206:Synchronous
4709:astropixels
4652:Planetarium
4575:January 10,
4549:January 10,
4435:December 9,
4384:October 24,
4354:November 7,
4250:Perimelasma
4164:October 16,
2895:10 mi)
2888:10 mi)
2866:10 mi)
2859:10 mi)
2837:10 mi)
2830:10 mi)
2808:10 mi)
2801:10 mi)
2755:10 mi)
2748:10 mi)
2726:10 mi)
2719:10 mi)
2165:Perihelion
1883:, which is
1840:around the
1828:around the
1772:Gr: melos;
1443:host object
1397:aponigricon
1381:perimelasma
1351:apocynthion
1341:During the
1320:-galacticon
1189:apocynthion
1134:lunar orbit
940:Terminology
800:), (red +).
630:Halo orbits
594:Hill sphere
410:Inclination
5731:Rendezvous
5427:Parameters
5263:High Earth
5233:Geocentric
5186:Osculating
5143:Elliptical
4923:January 5,
4463:2106.09409
3879:References
3806:Short arcs
2920:Pericenter
2571:insolation
2521:January 2
2504:January 5
2487:January 3
2470:January 3
2453:January 4
2436:January 3
2419:January 4
2402:January 4
2385:January 2
2083:barycenter
2027:perihelion
1847:Comparing
1769:-nigricon
1761:Black hole
1745:Barycenter
1735:galaxias;
1715:Lat: astra
1673:-poseidion
1669:-poseideum
1627:-saturnium
1385:apomelasma
1379:The terms
1332:-saturnium
1265:perihelion
1263:The words
1248:periselene
1067:periastron
977:perihelion
950:pericenter
908:spacecraft
862:perihelion
829:(from
823:, (ap(o)-)
818:(from
798:barycenter
674:Mass ratio
589:Barycenter
341:, and the
327:perihelion
319:perihelion
290:perihelion
262:about its
180:(from
106:newspapers
5894:Astronomy
5776:Ephemeris
5753:mechanics
5663:Maneuvers
5606:Variation
5369:Libration
5364:Lissajous
5268:Low Earth
5258:Graveyard
5157:Horseshoe
5066:JPL SBDB
5054:from the
4745:August 4,
3968:April 23,
3943:April 22,
3938:Space.com
3641:μ
3630:ε
3624:−
3530:−
3483:−
3283:μ
3278:−
3272:ε
3241:μ
3223:−
3094:μ
3085:−
3051:Apocenter
3027:−
2974:−
2963:μ
2368:January 5
2351:January 3
2334:January 3
2317:January 4
2300:January 2
2283:January 4
2266:January 4
2249:January 2
2232:January 5
2215:January 3
2198:January 3
2168:Aphelion
1900:reference
1535:-cynthion
1502:Cytherean
1421:Exoplanet
1417:(primary)
1259:Etymology
1252:aposelene
958:periapsis
954:apocenter
922:Keplerian
884:periapsis
514:Equations
442:Types of
343:asteroids
251:-sih-deez
5952:Category
5542:Position
5167:Inclined
5138:Circular
5048:Archived
5035:Archived
4997:cite web
4947:Archived
4917:Archived
4891:Archived
4858:Archived
4823:July 17,
4817:Archived
4797:July 16,
4791:Archived
4771:July 16,
4765:Archived
4719:June 24,
4713:Archived
4660:Archived
4625:Archived
4599:Archived
4569:Archived
4543:Archived
4517:Archived
4486:Archived
4429:Archived
4378:Archived
4348:Archived
4322:12384690
4254:Archived
4193:July 18,
4187:Archived
4158:Archived
4154:Glossary
4111:Archived
4109:. NASA.
4054:Archived
4033:Archived
3989:Archived
3837:See also
3728:Two body
2914:formulae
2850:Makemake
2072: AU
2031:aphelion
1885:coplanar
1767:-bothron
1765:-melasma
1711:-astron
1678:Poseidon
1652:-uranion
1581:-demeter
1480:-hermion
1367:perilune
1287:(Greek:
1279:(Greek:
1269:aphelion
1240:perilune
1071:apastron
1025:aphelion
962:apoapsis
927:: point
912:altitude
888:apoapsis
858:aphelion
323:aphelion
315:aphelion
284:aphelion
5880:Portals
5751:Orbital
5721:Phasing
5681:Delta-v
5486:Apsides
5480:,
5278:Molniya
5196:Parking
5133:Capture
5121:General
4666:July 4,
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