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6 Orbit eccentricity classification topics matching:
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| x Escape orbit | Parabolic trajectory |
An escape orbit (also known as C3 = 0 orbit) is a high-energy parabolic orbit around the central body. A body in this orbit has at each position the escape velocity with respect to this central body, for this position. If this energy were further...
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| x Circular orbit |
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In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a circular orbit is an elliptic orbit with the eccentricity equal to 0. It is an example of a rotation around a fixed axis: this axis is the line through the center of mass perpendicular to the plane of motion...
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| x Elliptic orbit |
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In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics an elliptic orbit is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity greater than 0 and less than 1. In a gravitational two-body problem with the eccentricity in this range both bodies follow similar elliptic orbits with...
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| x Parabolic trajectory | Capture orbit |
In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1. When moving away from the source it is called an escape orbit, otherwise a capture orbit.
Under standard assumptions a body traveling...
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| x Hyperbolic trajectory |
In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a hyperbolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity greater than 1. Under standard assumptions a body traveling along this trajectory will coast to infinity, arriving there with hyperbolic excess...
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| x Capture orbit | Parabolic trajectory |
A capture orbit is a reverse escape orbit. It is a parabolic orbit with as special case a straight line in the direction of the center of the central body. If it intersects the central body or its atmosphere the object will crash into the central...
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