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Pluto's orbit is so eccentric that perigee (the point closest to the sun) is actually inside the orbit of Neptune.
by anonymousiam 10y ago
Pluto's orbit is so eccentric that perigee (the point closest to the sun) is actually inside the orbit of Neptune.
- anonymousiam 10y agoAnd of course I stupidly used the wrong term for perihelion. Perigee refers to the closest point to EARTH not the SUN.
- kbutler 10y agoBut at this distance, it is the same... -- Robert Heinlein A little less the same than Heinlein's original context, though Pluto was involved there, too. Anybody catch the reference?
- metaobject 10y agoYour statement may still be correct, though.
- isostatic 10y agoJust stick with periapsis and thank Kerbel for making it easier to understand basic principles of orbits.