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    apsidal precession (or apsidal advance) is the precession (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the apsides (line of apsides) of an astronomical body's...
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    the apsidal precession of Mercury In astronomy, precession refers to any of several gravity-induced, slow and continuous changes in an astronomical body's...
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    axial precession is westwards - whereas Apsidal precession is in the same direction as the rotation (meaning apsidal precession is eastward). This kind of...
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    rotates (apsidal precession). The combined effect of precession with eccentricity is that proximity to the Sun occurs during different astronomical seasons...
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    extreme points (the line of the apsides: perigee and apogee), rotates once (apsidal precession) in about 3,233 days (8.85 years). It takes the Moon longer...
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    Costa, V. (December 1980). "Y CYG : photometry and apsidal motion". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 92: 782–784. Bibcode:1980PASP...
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    if the geometry were favorable) is equal to the time of its periastron. Apsidal precession Kepler orbit Orbital mechanics Orbital node Iglesias-Marzoa...
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    Planet Nine (category Astronomical events of the Solar System)
    Raúl (2016). "Finding Planet Nine: Apsidal Anti-Alignment Monte Carlo Results". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462 (2): 1972–1977. arXiv:1607...
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    transepts have aisles. The nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft) high, and the apsidal windows are 20.7 by 8.5 metres (68 by 28 ft). It is a brick building, faced...
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    Carina Nebula (category Astronomical objects discovered in 1752)
    star HD 93205 by application of the theory of apsidal motion". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 330 (2): 435–442. arXiv:astro-ph/0110662...
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    Mimas (category Astronomical objects discovered in 1789)
    mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is the smallest astronomical body known to be roughly rounded in shape due to its own gravity. Mimas's...
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    three-body problem, being the first to obtain a satisfactory result for the apsidal precession of the Moon's orbit. In mathematics he is also credited with...
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  • magnetic field Astronomical precession Axial precession or precession of the equinoxes, the precession of the Earth's axis of rotation Apsidal precession...
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  • Alessandro (2017). "Dynamical Evolution Induced by Planet Nine". The Astronomical Journal. 154 (6): 229. arXiv:1710.01804. Bibcode:2017AJ....154..229B...
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  • 10 months for this point to complete a circuit through the zodiac tracking the apsidal precession. L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, proposed as part...
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  • time scale axial precession of Earth (with a 26,000 years cycle), while apsidal precession and other mechanics have a much smaller impact on sidereal observation...
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    from now). Astronomical nutation Axial tilt Euler angles Longitude of vernal equinox Milankovitch cycles Polar motion Sidereal year Apsidal precession...
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    corresponding movement of the position of the stars as seen from Earth, called the apsidal precession. (This is closely related to the precession of the axes.) The...
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    and consists of a 13th-century choir, with an apse and seven polygonal apsidal chapels reached by an ambulatory, joined to a 16th-century transept. It...
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  • Newton applied his theorem to understanding the overall rotation of orbits (apsidal precession, Figure 3) that is observed for the Moon and planets. The term...
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  • ellipse of the orbit gradually rotates (among other possible effects). This apsidal precession is observed for all the planets orbiting the Sun, primarily...
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  • "The binary system 57 Cygni - apsidal motion and effects of spectral line blending", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 164 (2): 101–110,...
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  • S/2018 J 4 (category Astronomical objects discovered in 2018)
    its argument of pericenter oscillates about a constant value without apsidally precessing. For example, the Lidov–Kozai resonance causes Carpo's eccentricity...
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    In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around...
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    fixed in space but rotates over time. This orbital precession is called apsidal precession and is the rotation of the Moon's orbit within the orbital plane...
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    Mercury (planet) (category Astronomical objects known since antiquity)
    the planet with Apollo instead, as detailed by Pliny the Elder. The astronomical symbol for Mercury is a stylized version of Hermes' caduceus; a Christian...
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  • S/2023 U 1 (category Astronomical objects discovered in 2023)
    nodal precession with an average period of about 5,000 Earth years and apsidal precession with an average period of about 5,100 Earth years. S/2023 U...
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    sequence. Their orbit is somewhat eccentric (e=0.15) and the period of apsidal precession is 102 years. "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes"...
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    George William Hill (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society)
    provided the first complete mathematical solution to the problem of the apsidal precession of the Moon's orbit around the Earth, a difficult problem in...
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  • of the orbital plane of a satellite around the rotational axis of an astronomical body such as Earth. This precession is due to the non-spherical nature...
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