User:Patrick/wt
... the object being orbited and the Talk:apoapsis is that Talk:point at which the ... Talk:velocity. As a planet approaches Talk:apoapsis , the planet will decrease in velocity. See ... from Earth is called Talk:apogee , Talk:apoapsis , or sometimes apifocus or apocentron. A line drawn from periapsis to apoapsis is the line-of-apsides. This is ... the attracting body is called the Talk:apoapsis . There are also specific terms for ...
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Planetary orbit
... are closest to each other and the apoapsis is that point at which they are ... increase in velocity. As a planet approaches apoapsis, the planet will decrease in velocity. See ... is farthest from Earth is called apogee, apoapsis, or sometimes apifocus or apocentron. A line drawn from periapsis to apoapsis is the line-of-apsides. This is ... from the attracting body is called the apoapsis. There are also specific terms for ...
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Jupiter in the fiction of Leigh Brackett
... Periapsis 420,000 km (0.002807 AU) Apoapsis 423,400 km (0.002830 AU) Revolution ... Periapsis 664,700 km (0.00444 AU) Apoapsis 677,300 km (0.00453 AU) Revolution ... 1,069,200 km (0.007147 AU) Apoapsis 1,071,600 km (0.007163 AU ... 1,869,000 km (0.0125 AU) Apoapsis 1,897,000 km (0.0127 AU ...
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Apsis
... the point of farthest excursion is the apoapsis (Greek απο, from), apocentre or apapsis (the ... straight line drawn through the periapsis and apoapsis is the line of apsides. This is ... per}=(1-e)a\!\, (periapsis distance) Apoapsis: minimum speed $v\_\backslash mathrm\{ap\}\; =\; \backslash sqrt\; ...\; r\_\backslash mathrm\{ap\}=(1+e)a\backslash !\backslash ,$ (apoapsis distance) where one easily verifies $h\; ...$
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Clementine mission
... 36 Inclination 90° Orbital period 300 minutes Apoapsis 4,594 km Periapsis 2,162 km ... at 30 degrees south latitude and an apoapsis of 8300 km. Each orbit consisted of ... periapsis and 139 minutes of downlink at apoapsis. After one month of mapping the orbit ...
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Apofocus   (translated from Dutch)
Apofocus apofocus or apoapsis the point is in baan around hemellichaam ... is which links the periapsis and the apoapsis. Long ash also always goes by the ... for that sky body: sky body apofocus, apoapsis perifocus, periapsis Zon afelium, aphelium perihelium Aarde ...
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Orbital momentum vector
... a and v a are distance to apoapsis and velocity at apoapsis, respectively Three Dimensions $h\_x\; =\; Y*V\_z\; ...$
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Eccentricity (orbit)
... be calculated from distance at periapsis and apoapsis: $e=\{\{d\_a-d\_p\}\backslash over\{d\_a+d\_p\; ...\; periapsis,$ d\_a\backslash ,\backslash !$is\; distance\; at$apoapsis. Examples For example, the eccentricity of the ...
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Orbital inclination change
... efficiency of inclination change is achieved at apoapsis, (or apogee), where orbital velocity $v\; ...\; example\; mentioned\; above,\; targeting\; an\; inclination\; at$apoapsis also changes the argument of periapsis. However ...
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
... about 313 km from the surface). The apoapsis, farthest away from Mars will be 47 ... altitude using its thrusters. Through aerobraking the apoapsis of the orbit will be reduced to ...
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