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  2. Hyperbolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    A radial hyperbolic trajectory is a non-periodic trajectory on a straight line where the relative speed of the two objects always exceeds the escape velocity. There are two cases: the bodies move away from each other or towards each other. This is a hyperbolic orbit with semi-minor axis = 0 and eccentricity = 1.

  3. Orbit equation - Wikipedia

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    In astrodynamics, an orbit equation defines the path of orbiting body around central body relative to , without specifying position as a function of time.Under standard assumptions, a body moving under the influence of a force, directed to a central body, with a magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance (such as gravity), has an orbit that is a conic section (i.e. circular ...

  4. Orbital mechanics - Wikipedia

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    The velocity equation for a hyperbolic trajectory is = ... The spacecraft would approach Mars on a hyperbolic orbit, and a final retrograde burn would slow the ...

  5. Kepler's equation - Wikipedia

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    In orbital mechanics, Kepler's equation relates various geometric properties of the orbit of a body subject to a central force. It was derived by Johannes Kepler in 1609 in Chapter 60 of his Astronomia nova , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and in book V of his Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (1621) Kepler proposed an iterative solution to the equation.

  6. Characteristic energy - Wikipedia

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    A spacecraft that is leaving the central body on a hyperbolic trajectory has more than enough energy to escape: = | | > where = is the standard gravitational parameter, is the semi-major axis of the orbit's hyperbola (which may be negative in some convention).

  7. Specific orbital energy - Wikipedia

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    For a parabolic orbit this equation simplifies to = For a hyperbolic trajectory this specific orbital energy is either given by ε = μ 2 a . {\displaystyle \varepsilon ={\mu \over 2a}.} or the same as for an ellipse, depending on the convention for the sign of a .

  8. Kepler orbit - Wikipedia

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    An elliptic Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of 0.7, a parabolic Kepler orbit and a hyperbolic Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of 1.3. The distance to the focal point is a function of the polar angle relative to the horizontal line as given by the equation ()

  9. Hyperbolic motion (relativity) - Wikipedia

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    Hyperbolic motion can be visualized on a Minkowski diagram, where the motion of the accelerating particle is along the -axis.Each hyperbola is defined by = / and = / (with =, =) in equation ().