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Keplerian orbit
(osculating orbit)
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Keplerian orbithas parameters osculating element2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
has synonym osculating orbit2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
has definition The path that an orbital body (e.g., a planet) would follow if it were subject only to the inverse-square attraction of the Sun or other central body. In practiced secondary bodies, such as Jupiter, produce perturbations.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
has definition The orbit of a spherical particle of a finite mass around another spherical particle, also of finite mass, by virtue of the gravitational attraction between them. In the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms, the electrons are considered as describing Keplerian orbits in the field of the positive nucleus by virtue of the inverse square electric attraction between the electrons and the nuclei.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
is a kind of orbit2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
is a kind of conic section2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
conic sectionhas dimensions 22001-09-27 09:32:37.0
physical processhas domain physics2001-09-27 09:29:38.0