Sub-Category:
Mechanics / Electrodynamics
Date Published:
November 30, 2017
Keywords:
angular momentum, centrifugal, gravitational, Kepler, NASA, orbit, planet, planetary orbit, vis-viva equation;
Abstract:
In this essay I show how one can use easy maths to analyse planetary orbits, which are elliptical. I also present an example of how one can use “the NASA method” to calculate planetary orbits, based on information in an interesting NASA document.
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