And of course I stupidly used the wrong term for perihelion. Perigee refers to t...

kbutler · on March 4, 2017

But at this distance, it is the same... -- Robert Heinlein

A little less the same than Heinlein's original context, though Pluto was involved there, too. Anybody catch the reference?

isostatic · on March 4, 2017

Just stick with periapsis and thank Kerbel for making it easier to understand basic principles of orbits.

metaobject · on March 4, 2017

Your statement may still be correct, though.