- when
discussing orbits around other stars the
terms become periastron and
apastron. When
discussing a
satellite of Earth,
including the Moon, the
point of...
-
depending on the energy,
result in
spiraling in,
stably orbiting between apastron and periastron, or
escaping to infinity. The
location of the ISCO depends...
-
Solar System,
whereas its ****hest
separation from the star is
called its
apastron (aphelion). As a
planet approaches periastron, its
speed increases as it...
-
separation at
periastron is
about 1.1
solar radii; the
maximum separation at
apastron is 4.8
solar radii. The
orbit is
inclined at
about 45
degrees with respect...
- to 4300+1100 −900 AU at
periastron and
retreats to 13000+300 −100 AU at
apastron. At present,
Proxima Centauri is 12,947 ± 260 AU (1.94 ± 0.04 trillion km)...
- eccentricity, the planet's
distance from its star
varies from 0.03 to 0.88 AU. At
apastron it
would receive an
insolation similar to that of Earth,
while at periastron...
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August 2004
Detection method Radial velocity Orbital characteristics Apastron 0.01617 AU (2,419,000 km)
Periastron 0.01464 AU (2,190,000 km) Semi-major...
- respectively). An
orbit around any star, not just the Sun, has a
periastron and an
apastron. As the
planet moves in its orbit, the line from the Sun to the planet...
-
distance between the Sun and Saturn; and
their furthest separation or
apastron is 35.6 AU (5.33×10^9 km),
about the
distance between the Sun and Pluto...
- (dubious, again)
Detection method Radial velocity Orbital characteristics Apastron 1.606 +0.2105 −0.2375 AU
Periastron 1.314 +0.3295 −0.3025 AU Semi-major...
