apsidal precession (or apsidal advance) is the precession (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the apsides (line of apsides) of an astronomical body's...
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Precession (redirect from Astronomical precession)
the apsidal precession of Mercury In astronomy, precession refers to any of several gravity-induced, slow and continuous changes in an astronomical body's...
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Lunar precession (redirect from Lunar apsidal precession)
axial precession is westwards - whereas Apsidal precession is in the same direction as the rotation (meaning apsidal precession is eastward). This kind of...
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Milankovitch cycles (redirect from Astronomical theory of paleoclimates)
rotates (apsidal precession). The combined effect of precession with eccentricity is that proximity to the Sun occurs during different astronomical seasons...
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Lunar month (redirect from Astronomical month)
extreme points (the line of the apsides: perigee and apogee), rotates once (apsidal precession) in about 3,233 days (8.85 years). It takes the Moon longer...
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Costa, V. (December 1980). "Y CYG : photometry and apsidal motion". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 92: 782–784. Bibcode:1980PASP...
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Milan Cathedral (section Astronomical observations)
transepts have aisles. The nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft) high, and the apsidal windows are 20.7 by 8.5 metres (68 by 28 ft). It is a brick building, faced...
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Planet Nine (category Astronomical events of the Solar System)
Raúl (2016). "Finding Planet Nine: Apsidal Anti-Alignment Monte Carlo Results". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462 (2): 1972–1977. arXiv:1607...
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if the geometry were favorable) is equal to the time of its periastron. Apsidal precession Kepler orbit Orbital mechanics Orbital node Iglesias-Marzoa...
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Mimas (category Astronomical objects discovered in 1789)
mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is the smallest astronomical body known to be roughly rounded in shape due to its own gravity. Mimas's...
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