argumentOfPerihelion

P20827
predicate

Indicates the angular position of an orbiting body's closest-approach point (perihelion) around its orbital path, measured from a reference direction within the orbital plane.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
argumentOfPerihelion canonical 8
argumentOfPerihelion_deg 5
hasArgumentOfPerihelion 1

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: argumentOfPerihelion
Generated description
Indicates the angular position of an orbiting body's closest-approach point (perihelion) around its orbital path, measured from a reference direction within the orbital plane.

Sample triples (16)

Subject Object
Haumea about 240.6 degrees
asteroid 1036 Ganymed
surface form: 1036 Ganymed
132.4 via predicate surface "argumentOfPerihelion_deg"
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
surface form: 944 Hidalgo
57 degrees (approximate) via predicate surface "hasArgumentOfPerihelion"
Carme group clustered values via predicate surface "hasTypicalArgumentOfPeriapsis"
Carme group clustered values via predicate surface "hasTypicalLongitudeOfPeriapsis"
90377 Sedna about 311 degrees
28978 Ixion approximately 296 degrees
(416400) 2003 UZ117 259.4 degrees
asteroid 1604 Tombaugh
surface form: 1604 Tombaugh
205.0 deg
433 Eros 178.7 via predicate surface "argumentOfPerihelion_deg"
asteroid Apophis
surface form: 99942 Apophis
126.4 degrees
169P/NEAT 252 degrees
(1762) Russell 151.37 °
asteroid 1221 Amor
surface form: 1221 Amor
26.7 via predicate surface "argumentOfPerihelion_deg"
asteroid 1943 Anteros
surface form: 1943 Anteros
~346 via predicate surface "argumentOfPerihelion_deg"
asteroid 4179 Toutatis
surface form: 4179 Toutatis
278.7 via predicate surface "argumentOfPerihelion_deg"