Perigee - Revision history

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Further clarification

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Definition

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Definition

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Ioneill: New page: ==Definition== The point in which a body's orbit makes it's closest approach to the Earth. Category:Orbital Mechanics

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New page: ==Definition== The point in which a body's orbit makes it's closest approach to the Earth. Category:Orbital Mechanics

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==Definition==

The point in which a body's orbit makes it's closest approach to the Earth.

[[Category:Orbital Mechanics]]

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 The equivalent for [[periapsis]] of a body in Earth orbit is '''perigee''', also called '''perigee height'''.
-Unlike with all other bodies, mission planners are usually more interested in the height above the surface for [[low Earth orbit]] spacecraft. Hence perigee height refers to the distance between the body and the Earth's surface rather than the distance between the body and the Earth's centre of mass, for all objects in Earth orbit.<ref name=Wertz>J.R. Wertz - ''Orbits and astrodynamics'' in J.R. Wertz, D.F. Everett & J.J. Puschell eds. ''Space mission engineering: The new SMAD'' ISBN 978-1-881883-15-9 p. 202</ref>
+Unlike with all other bodies, mission planners are usually more interested in the height above the surface for [[low Earth orbit]] spacecraft. Hence perigee height refers to the distance between the body and the Earth's surface rather than the distance between the body and the Earth's centre of mass, for all objects in Earth orbit.<ref name=Wertz>J.R. Wertz - ''Orbits and astrodynamics'' in J.R. Wertz, D.F. Everett & J.J. Puschell eds. ''Space mission engineering: The new SMAD'' ISBN 978-1-881883-15-9 p. 202</ref> This does not occur because the word perigee is special in some way, but rather because frequent inaccurate usage has effectively shortened perigee height to perigee and replaced the other meaning.
 If you wish to anambiguously use the same measurements as with all other bodies, it is best to say [[perifocal distance]] rather than perigee.
-The point at which a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[apogee]].
+The distance where a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[apogee]].
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 ==Definition==
-The [[periapsis]] of a body in [[Earth orbit]], i.e. the point where it is closest to the Earth, is known as its '''perigee'''.
+The equivalent for [[periapsis]] of a body in Earth orbit is '''perigee''', also called '''perigee height'''.
 The point at which a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[apogee]].
 [[Category:Orbital Mechanics]]

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 ==Definition==
-'''The point at which a body's orbit makes it's closest approach to the Earth.'''
+The [[periapsis]] of a body in [[Earth orbit]], i.e. the point where it is closest to the Earth, is known as its '''perigee'''.
-The point at which a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[Apogee]]
+The point at which a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[apogee]].
 [[Category:Orbital Mechanics]]

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 ==Definition==
-'''The point at which an [[orbit|orbiting]] body makes it's closest approach to the [[center of attraction]].'''
+'''The point at which a body's orbit makes it's closest approach to the Earth.'''
-The point at which an orbiting body is farthest from the center of attraction is known as [[Apogee]].
+The point at which a body's orbit is farthest from the Earth is known as [[Apogee]]
 [[Category:Orbital Mechanics]]