perigee

P26358 predicate

Indicates the point in an object's orbit where it is closest to the body it is orbiting.

Aliases (4)
  • periapsis ×4
  • approxPerigee ×1
  • perigeeAltitudeKm ×1
  • perigeeAltitude_km ×1

Sample triples (14)
Subject Object
1958 Beta 2 about 654 kilometers
Apollo 7 approximately 228 kilometers ("periapsis")
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project about 217 km
Gemini 11 approximately 280 kilometers
Gemini 3 approximately 161 kilometers ("periapsis")
Gemini 5 about 162 km
STS-1 approximately 235 kilometers
STS-103 about 592 km
STS-107 approximately 270 km ("periapsis")
STS-109 489 km ("approxPerigee")
STS-31 approximately 600 kilometers ("periapsis")
Skylab program about 430 km
Sputnik 1 about 215 ("perigeeAltitude_km")
Vostok 1 approx 169 ("perigeeAltitudeKm")

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