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"Apogee", "Aphelion", "Perigee" and "Perihelion" redirect here. For the literary journal, see Perigee: Publication for the Arts. For Edenbridge's Album, see Aphelion (album). For the architectural term, see Apse. For other uses, see Apogee (disambiguation) and Perihelion (disambiguation).

Apsides 1) Apoapsis; 2) Periapsis; 3) Focus

An apsis (Greek ἁψίς, gen. ἁψίδος), plural apsides (Template:IPAc-en; Greek: ἁψίδες), is a point of greatest or least distance of a body in an elliptic orbit about a larger body. For a body orbiting the Sun these points are called respectively aphelion (Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en) and perihelion Template:IPAc-en, while for any satellite of Earth including the Moon the corresponding points are apogee and perigee Template:IPAc-en. The generic suffix, independent of the particular central body, can be either apsis or centre, hence apoapsis, apocentre or apapsis (Template:Ety), and periapsis or pericentre (Template:Ety). During the Apollo program, the terms pericynthion and apocynthion (referencing Cynthia, an alternative name for the Greek Moon goddess Artemis) were used when referring to the Moon.

A straight line connecting the periapsis and apoapsis is the line of apsides. This is the major axis of the ellipse, its greatest diameter. For a two-body system the center of mass of the system lies on this line at one of the two foci of the ellipse. When one body is sufficiently larger than the other it may be taken to be at this focus. However whether or not this is the case, both bodies are in similar elliptical orbits each having one focus at the system's center of mass, with their respective lines of apsides being of length inversely proportional to their masses. Historically, in geocentric systems, apsides were measured from the center of the Earth. However in the case of the Moon, the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system or Earth-Moon barycenter, as the common focus of both the Moon's and Earth's orbits about each other, is about 75% of the way from Earth's center to its surface.

In orbital mechanics, the apsis technically refers to the distance measured between the centers of mass of the central and orbiting body. However, in the case of spacecraft, the family of terms are commonly used to describe the orbital altitude of the spacecraft from the surface of the central body (assuming a constant, standard reference radius.)

Mathematical formulae

Keplerian orbital elements: point F is at the periapsis, point H is at the apoapsis, and the red line between them is the line of apsides

These formulae characterize the periapsis and apoapsis of an orbit:

• Periapsis: maximum speed $v_{\mathrm {per} }={\sqrt {\tfrac {(1+e)\mu }{(1-e)a}}}\,$ at minimum (periapsis) distance $r_{\mathrm {per} }=(1-e)a\!\,$
• Apoapsis: minimum speed $v_{\mathrm {ap} }={\sqrt {\tfrac {(1-e)\mu }{(1+e)a}}}\,$ at maximum (apoapsis) distance $r_{\mathrm {ap} }=(1+e)a\!\,$

while, in accordance with Kepler's laws of planetary motion (based on the conservation of angular momentum) and the conservation of energy, these two quantities are constant for a given orbit:

• specific relative angular momentum $h={\sqrt {(1-e^{2})\mu a}}$
• specific orbital energy $\epsilon =-{\frac {\mu }{2a}}$

where:

• $a\!\,$ is the semi-major axis, equal to ${\frac {r_{\mathrm {per} }+r_{\mathrm {ap} }}{2}}$
• $\mu \!\,$ is the standard gravitational parameter
• $e\!\,$ is the eccentricity, defined as $e={\frac {r_{\mathrm {ap} }-r_{\mathrm {per} }}{r_{\mathrm {ap} }+r_{\mathrm {per} }}}=1-{\frac {2}{{\frac {r_{\mathrm {ap} }}{r_{\mathrm {per} }}}+1}}$

Note that for conversion from heights above the surface to distances between an orbit and its primary, the radius of the central body has to be added, and conversely.

The arithmetic mean of the two limiting distances is the length of the semi-major axis $a$. The geometric mean of the two distances is the length of the semi-minor axis $b$.

The geometric mean of the two limiting speeds is ${\sqrt {-2\epsilon }}={\sqrt {\mu /a}}$ which is the speed of a body in a circular orbit whose radius is $a$.

Terminology

The words "pericenter" and "apocenter" are occasionally seen, although periapsis/apoapsis are preferred in technical usage.

Various related terms are used for other celestial objects. The '-gee', '-helion' and '-astron' and '-galacticon' forms are frequently used in the astronomical literature, while the other listed forms are occasionally used, although '-saturnium' has very rarely been used in the last 50 years. The '-gee' form is commonly (although incorrectly) used as a generic 'closest approach to planet' term instead of specifically applying to the Earth. The term peri/apomelasma (from the Greek root) was used by physicist Geoffrey A. Landis in 1998 before peri/aponigricon (from the Latin) appeared in the scientific literature in 2002.

Body	Closest approach	Farthest approach
General	Periapsis/Pericenter	Apoapsis/Apocenter
Galaxy	Perigalacticon	Apogalacticon
Star	Periastron	Apastron
Black hole	Perimelasma/Peribothra/Perinigricon	Apomelasma/Apobothra/Aponigricon
Sun	Perihelion	Aphelion
Mercury	Perihermion	Aphermion
Venus	Pericytherion/Pericytherean/Perikrition	Apocytherion/Apocytherean/Apokrition
Earth	Perigee	Apogee
Moon	Periselene/Pericynthion/Perilune	Aposelene/Apocynthion/Apolune
Mars	Periareion	Apoareion
Jupiter	Perizene/Perijove	Apozene/Apojove
Saturn	Perikrone/Perisaturnium	Apokrone/Aposaturnium
Uranus	Periuranion	Apouranion
Neptune	Periposeidion	Apoposeidion

Because "peri" and "apo" are Greek, it is considered by some purists more correct to use the Greek form for the body, giving forms such as '-zene' for Jupiter (Zeus) and '-krone' for Saturn. The daunting prospect of having to maintain a different suffix for every orbitable body in the Solar System (and beyond) is the main reason that the generic '-apsis' has become almost universal, with the exception, of course, being the Sun and Earth.

• In the Moon's case, in practice all three forms are used, albeit very infrequently. The '-cynthion' form (from the moon goddess Artemis' Ancient Greek epithet "Cynthia") is, according to some, reserved for artificial bodies, whilst others reserve '-lune' for an object launched from the Moon and '-cynthion' for an object launched from elsewhere. The '-cynthion' form was the version used in the Apollo Project, following a NASA decision in 1964.
• For Venus, the form '-cytherion' is derived from the commonly used adjective 'cytherean'; the alternate form '-krition' (from Kritias, an older name for Aphrodite) has also been suggested.
• For Jupiter, the '-jove' form is occasionally used by astronomers whilst the '-zene' form is never used, like the other pure Greek forms ('-areion' (Mars/Ares), '-hermion' (Mercury/Hermes), '-krone' (Saturn/Kronos), '-uranion' (Uranus), '-poseidion' (Neptune/Poseidon) and '-hadion' (Pluto/Hades)).

Perihelion and aphelion of the Earth

For the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the time of apsis is often expressed in terms of a time relative to seasons, since this determines the contribution of the elliptical orbit to seasonal variations. The variation of the seasons is primarily controlled by the annual cycle of the elevation angle of the Sun, which is a result of the tilt of the axis of the Earth measured from the plane of the ecliptic. The Earth's eccentricity and other orbital elements are not constant, but vary slowly due to the perturbing effects of the planets and other objects in the solar system. See Milankovitch cycles.

Currently, the Earth reaches perihelion in early January, approximately 14 days after the December Solstice. At perihelion, the Earth's center is about 0.98329 astronomical units (AU) or 147,098,070 kilometers (about 91,402,500 miles) from the Sun's center.

The Earth reaches aphelion currently in early July, approximately 14 days after the June Solstice. The aphelion distance between the Earth's and Sun's centers is currently about 1.01671 AU or Template:Convert.

On a very long time scale, the dates of the perihelion and of the aphelion progress through the seasons, and they make one complete cycle in 22,000 to 26,000 years. There is a corresponding movement of the position of the stars as seen from Earth that is called the apsidal precession. (This is closely related to the precession of the axis.)

Astronomers commonly express the timing of perihelion relative to the vernal equinox not in terms of days and hours, but rather as an angle of orbital displacement, the so-called longitude of the periapsis. For the orbit of the Earth, this is called the longitude of perihelion, and in 2000 was about 282.895 degrees. By the year 2010, this had advanced by a small fraction of a degree to about 283.067 degrees.

The dates and times of the perihelions and aphelions for several past and future years are listed in the following table:

Year	Perihelion		Aphelion
	Date	Time (UT)	Date	Time (UT)
2007	January 3	19:43	July 6	23:53
2008	January 2	23:51	July 4	07:41
2009	January 4	15:30	July 4	01:40
2010	January 3	00:09	July 6	11:30
2011	January 3	18:32	July 4	14:54
2012	January 5	00:32	July 5	03:32
2013	January 2	04:38	July 5	14:44
2014	January 4	11:59	July 4	00:13
2015	January 4	06:36	July 6	19:40
2016	January 2	22:49	July 4	16:24
2017	January 4	14:18	July 3	20:11
2018	January 3	05:35	July 6	16:47
2019	January 3	05:20	July 4	22:11
2020	January 5	07:48	July 4	11:35

Planetary perihelion and aphelion

The following table shows the distances of the planets and dwarf planets from the Sun at their perihelion and aphelion.

Type of body	Body	Distance from Sun at perihelion	Distance from Sun at aphelion
Planet	Mercury	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Venus	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Earth	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Mars	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Jupiter	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Saturn	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Uranus	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Neptune	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
Dwarf planet	Ceres	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Pluto	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Makemake	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Haumea	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
	Eris	Template:Convert	Template:Convert

The following chart shows the range of distances of the planets, dwarf planets and Halley's Comet from the Sun.

The images below show the perihelion (green dot) and aphelion (red dot) points of the inner and outer planets.

• Perihelion and aphelion points
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  The perihelion and aphelion points of the inner planets of the Solar System

• 

  The perihelion and aphelion points of the outer planets of the Solar System

See also

• Apsidal precession
• Eccentric anomaly
• Elliptic orbit
• Perifocal coordinate system
• Solstice

References

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