Planetary Perigees For Any Year In the 600-Year Range From  1600 to 2200
Calendar Year (1600  to  2200)	Time Zone Offset Neg | Pos  =  W | E UT
Planetary Perigees For Year 2020 in Local Time Zone UT+00:00 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2458908.24263302 = 2020 Feb 28 Fri 17:49:23 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Feb 28 Fri 17:48:11 0.629603349 58,525,288 94,187,320 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2459029.47555392 = 2020 Jun 28 Sun 23:24:48 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Jun 28 Sun 23:23:36 0.559890919 52,045,112 83,758,489 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2459146.96510501 = 2020 Oct 24 Sat 11:09:45 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Oct 24 Sat 11:08:33 0.668352901 62,127,283 99,984,171 ===================================================================== VENUS : Perigee at JD 2459004.20852409 = 2020 Jun 03 Wed 17:00:16 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Jun 03 Wed 16:59:04 0.288575637 26,824,781 43,170,301 ===================================================================== MARS : Perigee at JD 2459129.09669508 = 2020 Oct 06 Tue 14:19:14 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Oct 06 Tue 14:18:02 0.414915619 38,568,816 62,070,493 ===================================================================== JUPITER: Perigee at JD 2459045.91753899 = 2020 Jul 15 Wed 10:01:15 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Jul 15 Wed 10:00:03 4.139319052 384,773,744 619,233,316 ===================================================================== SATURN : Perigee at JD 2459051.61187925 = 2020 Jul 21 Tue 02:41:06 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Jul 21 Tue 02:39:54 8.994696071 836,109,234 1,345,587,380 ===================================================================== URANUS : Perigee at JD 2459153.73007558 = 2020 Oct 31 Sat 05:31:19 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Oct 31 Sat 05:30:07 18.787583298 1,746,414,972 2,810,582,457 ===================================================================== NEPTUNE: Perigee at JD 2459103.53644946 = 2020 Sep 11 Fri 00:52:29 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Sep 11 Fri 00:51:17 28.922408294 2,688,505,811 4,326,730,696 ===================================================================== PLUTO : Perigee at JD 2459043.87269460 = 2020 Jul 13 Mon 08:56:41 TT +00:01:12 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2020 Jul 13 Mon 08:55:29 33.062810838 3,073,380,272 4,946,126,101 =====================================================================
PROGRAM INFO: This program computes perigee distances, dates and times for all the major planets and Pluto within the 600-year period from 1600 to 2200. Based on the NASA/JPL Ephemeris Model and The NASA polynomial expressions for Delta T. A planetary perigee is that point where a given planet makes its closest approach to Earth. The inner planet Mercury will have 3 or 4 perigees per year while Venus may possibly have 2 perigees and Mars has a perigee every other year or so. The slow, lethargic outer planets, from Jupiter outward, have a perigee every year. The local time zone determines the local date and time of the perigee, so the same perigee can happen on different dates in different parts of the world. TIME SYMBOLS USED: UT = Universal Time = UT+00:00 = UT1 = GMT TZ = Local Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) LT = Local Time in Given Time Zone. DT = Delta T computed from NASA polynomial expressions. TT = Terrestrial Time Used For Internal Computations. TIME SCALE RELATIONSHIPS: UT = LT − (TZ) LT = UT + (TZ) TT = UT + (DT) or TT = LT − (TZ) + (DT)
Program by Jay Tanner v1.0 - Revised: Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00 AM UTC