Apsides

Periapsis / apoapsis radii and speeds from semi-major axis and eccentricity.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category orbital. Tags: apollo, orbital, vis-viva. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

r_p = a(1−e) r_a = a(1+e) v_p, v_a via vis-viva

Periapsis & apoapsis geometry

Primary sources

How do AI agents use this tool?

Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.

Open interactive tool · SIDUS