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The line perpendicular to the major axis and halfway between the perigee and apogee (Half the distance of the minor axis is called the semiminor axis
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Minor axis
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Major axis
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Earth–Moon characteristic distance, the semi-major axis of the geocentric lunar orbit, is 384, 400 km. (Given the lunar orbit’s eccentricity e = 0.0549, its semi-minor axis is 383, 800 km.
Detailed explanation-2: -The semi-minor axis is the length of the shortest radius of an ellipse, that is the smallest distance between the centre of the ellipse and the perimeter of the ellipse.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perpendicular to the major axis through the centre, at the point on the major axis equidistant from the foci, is the minor axis. A line drawn through either focus parallel to the minor axis is a latus rectum (literally, “straight…
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