-
central body (****uming a constant,
standard reference radius). The
words "
pericenter" and "apocenter" are
often seen,
although periapsis/apoapsis are preferred...
- in the
classical two-body problem. It is the
angular distance from the
pericenter which a
fictitious body
would have if it
moved in a
circular orbit, with...
-
argument of
periapsis (also
called argument of
perifocus or
argument of
pericenter),
symbolized as ω (omega), is one of the
orbital elements of an orbiting...
- mechanics, the
longitude of the periapsis, also
called longitude of the
pericenter, of an
orbiting body is the
longitude (measured from the
point of the...
-
ascending node to the
pericenter as the
argument of the
pericenter, ω.
Define the mean anomaly, M, as the
angular distance from the
pericenter which the body...
-
epoch of
pericenter p****age, P is the
orbital period in
years and Kmag is the K-band
apparent magnitude of the star. q and v are the
pericenter distance...
- 0:
hyperbolic orbit (A1 as
pericenter), E = 0:
parabolic orbit (A2 as
pericenter), E < 0:
elliptic orbit (A3 as
pericenter, A3' as apocenter), E = Emin:...
- {\displaystyle R_{\mathrm {H} }} of the less m****ive body,
calculated at the
pericenter, is approximately:[non-primary
source needed][better source needed] R...
- be
confused with
vorticity in a
fluid dynamics context).
Longitude of
pericenter in
celestial mechanics.
Comoving distance in cosmology. Single-scattering...
- with a
period of 16.0518 years, a semi-major axis of
about 970 au, and a
pericenter distance of 17 light
hours (18 Tm or 120 au) – an
orbit with a period...
