Calculadora de Excentricidade Orbital

Calcule a excentricidade de uma órbita elíptica com base nos parâmetros orbitais.

km
km

Eccentricity

0.016711

Semieixo Maior149,600,000 km

Eccentricity vs Periapsis Distance

Formula

Orbital Eccentricity

Eccentricity describes how elongated an orbit is (0 = circle, approaching 1 = very elongated ellipse).

Formula

e = (r_a - r_p) / (r_a + r_p)

Semi-major axis: a = (r_a + r_p) / 2

Exemplo Resolvido

Earth: perihelion 147.1M km, aphelion 152.1M km.

  1. 01e = (152.1M - 147.1M) / (152.1M + 147.1M)
  2. 02e = 5M / 299.2M ≈ 0.01672
  3. 03a = 299.2M / 2 = 149.6M km

Perguntas Frequentes

What eccentricity is a circle?

A perfect circle has e = 0. Most planets have e < 0.1.

What does e = 1 mean?

Eccentricity of 1 is a parabolic escape trajectory. Above 1 is hyperbolic.

Which planet is most eccentric?

Mercury at about 0.2056 among the eight planets.

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