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Share this page. RSS Feeds. Perihelion and Aphelion The closest point to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion. The furthest point is called aphelion.
Notice how the planet moves fastest at perihelion and slowest at aphelion. Randy Russell. The most commonly used are: Earth - perigee and apogee Moon - perilune or periselene and apolune or aposelene a star - periastron and apastron Jupiter - perijove and apojove a generic object - periapsis or apoapsis Aphelion is derived from the Greek words "apo" away from and "helios" Sun , while perihelion includes the Greek word "peri" near.
Upcoming W2U Events. Join Today - Benefits, No Ads! Special Offers for Teachers. Member Benefits. Teacher Newsletter. Planetary surface temperatures tend to get colder the farther a planet is from the Sun. Venus is the exception, as its proximity to the Sun and dense atmosphere make it our solar system's hottest planet. Venus is the slowest revolving planet in our solar system, rotating once every days, making Answer: Mercury is the winner at an orbital speed of about Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
The gravity of the sun and the planets works together with the inertia to create the orbits and keep them consistent. The gravity pulls the sun and the planets together, while keeping them apart. The inertia provides the tendency to maintain speed and keep moving. The Sun is at one focus.
The planet follows the ellipse in its orbit, meaning that the planet to Sun distance is constantly changing as the planet goes around its orbit. Kepler's Second Law: the imaginary line joining a planet and the sons sweeps equal areas of space during equal time intervals as the planet orbits. A planet's day is the time it takes the planet to rotate or spin once on its axis.
Neptune rotates faster than Earth so a day on Neptune is shorter than a day on Earth. A day on Neptune is about 16 Earth hours while a day on Earth is Explanation: According the Kepler's laws of planetary orbits, a planet is moving at its fastest at perihelion. It is moving at its slowest at aphelion. Currently the Earth is at perihelion around 3 January and at aphelion around 3 July. Mathematical Breakdown.
So, the Earth rotates fastest at the equator , and slowest -- essentially, not at all -- at the top and bottom, with the rotation speed at the middle latitudes falling somewhere in between these two extremes.
Earth's orbital velocity is slowest on July 5 because 1 Earth's distance from the Sun is greatest 2 the Moon is closest to Earth 3 the highest maximum temperatures occur in the Northern Hemisphere 4 Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are located along a straight line in space Page 7 Page 8
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