"axis" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Objects closer to the Sun (with smaller semi-major axis) have shorter years.
- However, when the distance to the system is unknown, the semi-major axis may be given as an angle.
- The distance a from the center to each vertex is called the semi-major axis.
- For the special case of a circle, the semi-major axis is the radius.
- One can think of the semi-major axis as an ellipse's long radius.
- Conversely, for a given total mass and semi-major axis, the total specific energy is always the same.
- It was one of the first asteroids discovered to have a semi-major axis less than Venus.
- According to Kepler's third law the period of the orbit is determined by the semi-major axis.
- Tidal forces can also change the semi-major axis of an orbit.
- The semi-major axis of the companion is 0.23 arcseconds on the sky.
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