Re: A question for the Meteo Data ???

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From: Alastair McDonald
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 19:08

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"Tim Gregg" <timgregg@bestweb.net> wrote in message
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> I was hoping to avoid this since it's far from a simple problem; therefor my
> comment about "exercise for the student".
>
> According to Kepplers Laws, a body in orbit about another traces out the same
> area per unit time; therefor when it is farther away, near apogee (not the
> correct word, apogee is specific to orbits about the earth, but I can't
> remember what the correct word is; some help anaybody

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The word you are looking for is 'aphelion'.  For anyone who has not
come across it before, it is pronounced ap-helion.  The closest point
in a planet's orbit around the Sun is known as its 'perihelion' and an
Earth satellite's closest aproach to the Earth is known as its
'perigee'.

HTH,

Cheers,  Alastair.

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From: "Alastair McDonald" <abbemac@abbemac.fsnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: A question for the Meteo Data ???
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