Re: which sides are the perihelion and aphelion?
From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 02/11/05
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:12:30 GMT
jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I know we always draw diagrams looking down from the north pole, e.g.
> so the earth spins anti clockwise. But is there a standard such that
> for example, the perhelion point on the eclipse (where earth is
> nearest) is on the right? or left? are there names for these
> directions besides perihelion side and aphelion side? (I can see that
> East and West don't work like North and South. North and South can
> identify faces of the eciptic, but East and West are circular or
> straight across a horizon, so they don't help to point to the perhelion
> side or aphelion side of the eclipse.
>
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=perihelion
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aphelion
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