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 |
[edit] Summary
| Description |
Schematics showing the orbital elements of an heliocentric orbit. |
|---|---|
| Date |
Modified 3. Mar. 2006. |
| Source |
This is a modified version of Bahnelemente.svg (GFDL) by ArtMechanic. The original version has been "internationalised", no sentences in any language are present. |
| Author | |
| Permission (Reusing this image) |
Brandir put it under the GFDL |
| Other versions | Image:Bahnelemente.svg |
[edit] Licensing
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. Official license This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update. Alemannisch | Català | Česky | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Eesti | Suomi | Français | Հայերեն | Hrvatski | Italiano | 한국어 | Lietuvių | Македонски | Polski | Português | Português do Brasil | Русский | Svenska | ไทย | Vèneto | Tiếng Việt | +/− |
[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.
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 22:59, 3 March 2006 | | 815×653 (15 KB) | Brandir (Talk | contribs) | (New version.Corrects a rendernig error of the SVG file) |
| 22:15, 3 March 2006 |  | 815×653 (15 KB) | Brandir (Talk | contribs) | ({{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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