Property:Periapsis

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The periapsis of any object in orbit is the length of the closest approach of that object to its primary. The term periapsis also includes all manner of specialized substitutions such as perihelion, periastron, perigee, periares, perijove, or peri-whatever. The usual object in view is a planet or a moon, and the primary is either the sun or whatever planet the moon is orbiting. The approved units for displaying planetary distances are km,AU,mi.

Facts about Periapsis
Display unitsThis property is a special property in this wiki.km,AU,mi
Has typeThis property is a special property in this wiki.Length

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C

Callisto +1,868,768 km (0.0125 AU, 1,161,198.6 mi)  +
Ceres +380,726,579.15 km (2.545 AU, 236,572,528.403 mi)  +
Charon +19,640 km (1.31285e-4 AU, 12,203.73 mi)  +

D

Deimos +23,455 km (1.56787e-4 AU, 14,574.261 mi)  +
Dysnomia +36,864 km (2.46421e-4 AU, 22,906.228 mi)  +

E

Earth +147,090,000 km (0.983 AU, 91,397,488.666 mi)  +
Eris +5.67425e+9 km (37.93 AU, 3.52581e+9 mi)  +
Europa +664,792 km (0.00444 AU, 413,082.598 mi)  +

G

Ganymede +1,069,008 km (0.00715 AU, 664,250.775 mi)  +

H

Hydra (moon) +64,458 km (4.30875e-4 AU, 40,052.344 mi)  +

I

Io +420,071 km (0.00281 AU, 261,020.018 mi)  +

J

Jupiter +740,520,000 km (4.95 AU, 460,137,795.276 mi)  +

M

Mars +206,644,545 km (1.381 AU, 128,402,967.296 mi)  +
Mercury (planet) +46,000,000 km (0.307 AU, 28,583,074.843 mi)  +
Miranda +129,450 km (8.6532e-4 AU, 80,436.501 mi)  +
Moon +363,300 km (0.00243 AU, 225,744.154 mi)  +

N

Neptune +4.44445e+9 km (29.709 AU, 2.76165e+9 mi)  +
Nix +48,578 km (3.24724e-4 AU, 30,184.97 mi)  +

P

Phobos +9,236.39 km (6.17415e-5 AU, 5,739.227 mi)  +
Pluto +4.43682e+9 km (29.658 AU, 2.75691e+9 mi)  +

S

Saturn +1.34937e+9 km (9.02 AU, 838,461,377.679 mi)  +
Sun +2.61116e+17 km (1.74545e+9 AU, 1.6225e+17 mi)  +

T

Titan +1,186,680 km (0.00793 AU, 737,368.766 mi)  +
Triton +354,754 km (0.00237 AU, 220,433.916 mi)  +

U

Uranus +2.7413e+9 km (18.324 AU, 1.70336e+9 mi)  +
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