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- equations of the ellipses formed by the intersection of this plane and the ellipsoids. Determining the distance of closest approach of the ellipses; that...11 KB (1,402 words) - 03:26, 4 February 2024
Cartesian oval, a generalization of the ellipse Circumconic and inconic Distance of closest approach of ellipses Ellipse fitting Elliptic coordinates, an...85 KB (15,836 words) - 07:46, 23 July 2024
Horizon (redirect from Horizon distance)sea from a shore, the part of the sea closest to the horizon is called the offing. The true horizon surrounds the observer and it is typically assumed to...28 KB (3,996 words) - 17:30, 27 July 2024- focusing). The form of the keyholes is a small circle elongated and bent along the circle for the given resonance ratio. The keyhole closest to the planet is...7 KB (947 words) - 06:36, 29 April 2024
Binary star (section Methods of observation)Alpha Centauri A and B have an 11 AU distance at closest approach, and both should have stable habitable zones. There are also examples of systems beyond...67 KB (8,092 words) - 01:49, 4 August 2024
Solar System (redirect from Astronomy of the solar system)an ellipse with the Sun at one focus, which causes the body's distance from the Sun to vary over the course of its year. A body's closest approach to...220 KB (21,683 words) - 15:22, 19 August 2024
Milky Way (redirect from Speed of the Milky Way through Space)limited in size by the orbits of two Milky Way satellites, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, whose closest approach to the Galactic Center is about...211 KB (21,097 words) - 17:36, 22 August 2024
Light echo (section Quasar light and ionisation echoes)published the derivation of echo locations and time delays in the paraboloid, rather than ellipsoid, approximation of infinite distance. However, in his 1961...20 KB (2,203 words) - 00:18, 24 May 2024- appulse The closest approach of one celestial object to another, as viewed from a third body. apsis In the orbit of a planetary body, one of the two extreme...161 KB (18,470 words) - 00:58, 21 August 2024
Mars (redirect from Physical characteristics of Mars)its closest approach to Earth (opposition) in a synodic period of 779.94 days. It should not be confused with Mars conjunction, where the Earth and Mars...205 KB (18,243 words) - 09:40, 23 August 2024
Singular value decomposition (category Pages that use a deprecated format of the math tags)n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional ellipsoid in m {\displaystyle m} -dimensional space, for example as an ellipse in a (tilted) 2D plane in a 3D space...86 KB (13,746 words) - 19:52, 3 August 2024
2 Pallas (redirect from List of craters of Pallas)opportunity to view Pallas at closest approach, to obtain comparative data for Ceres and Vesta. Pallas is an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena (Ancient...48 KB (4,376 words) - 07:41, 16 August 2024
Normal distribution (redirect from Law of error)case of the elliptical distributions. As such, its iso-density loci in the k = 2 case are ellipses and in the case of arbitrary k are ellipsoids. Rectified...149 KB (22,393 words) - 03:35, 14 August 2024
38628 Huya (redirect from Exploration of Huya)varies over the course of its orbit, ranging from 28.5 AU at perihelion (closest distance) to 51.1 AU at aphelion (farthest distance). Like Pluto, its resonance...64 KB (6,108 words) - 20:14, 19 August 2024
\mathbf {v} } , that is perpendicular to the impact parameter, the distance of closest approach, to the field star whose gravitational field will affect the...79 KB (17,618 words) - 19:07, 21 August 2024
- sphere, and the meridians are ellipses. Since the parallels of latitude are considered to be circles, geodetic longitude is geocentric, and a separate
- scientific name for the point of closest approach is the periapsis, while the most distance separation is the apoapsis. In the case of planets orbiting the Sun