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significance in celestial mechanics
- In celestial mechanics: Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
The term helion refers specifically to the Sun as the primary body about which the planet is orbiting. As the points P and A are also called apses, periapse and apoapse are often used to designate the corresponding points in an orbit about any primary body, although…
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