File:Orbital elements.svg

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P2 Ecliptic plane
♈ Vernal point
S Primary, e.g. Sun
P1 Orbital plane
a Semi-major axis
☊ Ascending node
Ω Longitude of the ascending node
i Inclination
P Periapsis
ω Argument of periapsis

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Description

Schematics showing the orbital elements of an heliocentric orbit.
Date

Modified 3. Mar. 2006.
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This is a modified version of Bahnelemente.svg (GFDL) by ArtMechanic. The original version has been "internationalised", no sentences in any language are present.
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Brandir
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(Reusing this file)		 Brandir put it under the GFDL
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[edit] Notes

  • The longitude of periapsis is defined as the sum of the longitude of the ascending node and the argument of periapsis. It is a numerically convenient way of expressing the same quantity, but which does not have a direct geometrical meaning.
  • The orbital focus S has been set here to the primary's position, which is the way orbits are defined in astronomy. It is also possible to express the orbital mechanics by setting S to the system's centre of mass (a barycentric orbit), in which case the semi-major axis will be smaller by a factor of up to 2.

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current22:59, 3 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:59, 3 March 2006815 × 653 (15 KB)Brandir (New version.Corrects a rendernig error of the SVG file)
22:15, 3 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:15, 3 March 2006815 × 653 (15 KB)Brandir ({{Information| |Description = Animation showing the motion of a satellite in a Geostationary Orbit (Green) in relation with a point in the surface of the Earth (Brown), in a 24-hour cycle. |Source = Own work. Rendered with PovRay-3.0, the pov file is )

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