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The point in a orbit where the object circling a planet is closest to the planet?
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∙ 14y ago
The closest point to the central object - whatever that is - is called periapsis; the farthest point, apapsis.
The old-fashioned term is perigeon (closest point to Earth), perihelion (closest point to the Sun), etc.; but it becomes rather awkward to use many different names for what is basically the same concept.
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What name is given to the course of an object circling a planet or the sun?
orbit
What is the path of one object circling another?
orbit orbit orbit
What planet have hundreds of Trojan asteroids circling along its orbit?
The planet Jupiter.
What planet is the closet orbit?
Venus is the planet with the closest orbit to that of Earth.
The planet with the orbit closest to Earths orbit is?
Venus
Does the closest planet to the sun have the shortest orbit?
Yes. The closer an object is to the Sun, the shorter the distance it has to travel to get around it.
What is an object in orbit around the planets?
A planet in an orbit greater than any of the others.An object in orbit around a single planet is a moon or satellite of that planet.
Where is a planet when it is moving most rapidly in its orbit?
Any object in an elliptical orbit - this would include every planet and natural satellite - is moving fastest when it is closest to the "primary object" around which it orbits; the Sun in the case of the planets, and each planet in the case of a moon. The Earth reaches perihelion, its closest point of approach to the Sun, on January 4 each year, so that's the day at which the Earth is moving fastest in its orbit.
What is the planet closest to the sun in its orbit?
Mercury.
Which planet have hundreds of Trojan asteroids circling along its orbit?
Do your homework. Just kidding; Jupiter.
What point in a planet's orbit is closest to the sun?
The perihelion is the closest point to the Sun in the orbit of a planet.It is different for each planet based on the elliptical variation, but will always occur at the same point in each orbit.
What is The point at which the planet is closest to the sun to its orbit is called?
The closest point to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion. The furthest point is called aphelion. Phil
