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The Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse that is pretty close to being a perfect circle, and by definition the semi-major axis of our orbit is 1.0.
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Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2011
The orbit is more elliptical than Earth's, with a semi-major axis of 1.056 AU.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2011
Technically, an Aten asteroid has a semi-major axis less than one Astronomical Unit.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
Orbits are elliptical, and the semi-major axis is the half-diameter of the orbit along the long axis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
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Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2011
The orbit is more elliptical than Earth's, with a semi-major axis of 1.056 AU.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2011
Technically, an Aten asteroid has a semi-major axis less than one Astronomical Unit.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
Orbits are elliptical, and the semi-major axis is the half-diameter of the orbit along the long axis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
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“Major axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20axis. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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