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DescriptionPerihelion-Aphelion.svg	English: Shows the definition of Perihelion and Aphelion with the sun. The ellipse is exaggerated for effect, but the focus is in the correct position for the eccentricity.
Date	26 September 2015
Source	Own work
Author	Chris55

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:28, 4 January 2023	486 × 428 (48 KB)	Theklan	File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for eu.
	09:40, 27 September 2015	486 × 428 (48 KB)	Chris55	This shows the earth's orbit approximately to scale (not the size of the bodies). The offset of the sun is still sufficient to make the point.
	23:08, 26 September 2015	526 × 358 (48 KB)	Chris55	much the same colours but a reasonable file size
	22:50, 26 September 2015	526 × 358 (1.12 MB)	Chris55	improve the colours
	22:16, 26 September 2015	528 × 358 (3 KB)	Chris55	produced with a different tool - maybe this works better
	21:21, 26 September 2015	524 × 372 (12 KB)	Chris55	User created page with UploadWizard