16.346 | Fall 2008 | Graduate

Astrodynamics

Lecture Notes

The Fundamental Ellipse of the BVP

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Lecture notes on the fundamental ellipse of the BVP, orbital elements of the fundamental (minimum eccentricity) ellipse, locus of mean points, the line segment FS, eccentric anomaly of the mean-point, mean-point radius of the parabolic orbit, and mean-point radius of elliptic and hyperbolic orbits.

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The Fundamental Ellipse of the BVP

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