File:Earth-Moon system to scale.png

Summary[edit]

The illustration was made using LaTeX and tikz using the following code:

	\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.4]
	\begin{scope}
	  \draw[fill=blue!25,rotate=-23.5] (0,0)circle (.63781 and .63568);
	  \draw[gray,ultra thin,dashed](0,-.7)--++(0,1.6);
	  \draw (0,0) ++(90-23.5:.8)--++(90-23.5:-1.6);
	\begin{scope}[rotate around={5.14:(0,0)}]
	 \draw[<->] (.75,0)--++(38.22,0)node[above,midway,rotate=5.14]{384 400 km}node[below,midway,text=gray,rotate=5.14]{\footnotesize{Perigee: 363 300 km. Apogee:  405 500 km}}; 
	  \draw (.63781+38.44+.1736,0) coordinate (moon);
	\end{scope}
	\draw[fill=gray] (moon) circle (.1736 and .1738);
	\draw[->,gray] (30,0)arc(0:5.14:30)node[midway,right]{5.14$^\circ$};
	\draw[ultra thin,gray](.75,0)--++(37.6,0)node[midway,below]{Ecliptic plane};
	\end{scope}
	\end{tikzpicture}

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