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  2. Orbital state vectors - Wikipedia

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    The body does not actually have to be in orbit for its state vectors to determine its trajectory; it only has to move ballistically, i.e., solely under the effects of its own inertia and gravity. For example, it could be a spacecraft or missile in a suborbital trajectory. If other forces such as drag or thrust are significant, they must be ...

  3. Trigonal prismatic molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, the trigonal prismatic molecular geometry describes the shape of compounds where six atoms, groups of atoms, or ligands are arranged around a central atom, defining the vertices of a triangular prism. The structure commonly occurs for d 0, d 1 and d 2 transition metal complexes with covalently-bound ligands and small charge ...

  4. Simplified perturbations models - Wikipedia

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    Simplified Deep Space Perturbations (SDP) models apply to objects with an orbital period greater than 225 minutes, which corresponds to an altitude of 5,877.5 km, assuming a circular orbit. [ 3 ] The SGP4 and SDP4 models were published along with sample code in FORTRAN IV in 1988 with refinements over the original model to handle the larger ...

  5. Orbital elements - Wikipedia

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    These can be described as orbital state vectors, but this is often an inconvenient way to represent an orbit, which is why Keplerian elements are commonly used instead. Sometimes the epoch is considered a "seventh" orbital parameter, rather than part of the reference frame.

  6. Tricapped trigonal prismatic molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, the tricapped trigonal prismatic molecular geometry describes the shape of compounds where nine atoms, groups of atoms, or ligands are arranged around a central atom, defining the vertices of a triaugmented triangular prism (a trigonal prism with an extra atom attached to each of its three rectangular faces). [1]

  7. Gauss's method - Wikipedia

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    The orbital state vectors have now been found, the position (r 2) and velocity (v 2) vector for the second observation of the orbiting body. With these two vectors, the orbital elements can be found and the orbit determined.

  8. State vector - Wikipedia

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    The state of a system described by a state space representation A state vector (geographical) specifies the position and velocity of an object in any location on Earth's surface Orbital state vectors are vectors of position and velocity that together with their time, uniquely determine the state of an orbiting body in astrodynamics or in ...

  9. Lagrange point - Wikipedia

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    The extra pull of Earth's gravity decreases the object's orbital period, and at the L 2 point, that orbital period becomes equal to Earth's. Like L 1, L 2 is about 1.5 million kilometers or 0.01 au from Earth (away from the sun). An example of a spacecraft designed to operate near the Earth–Sun L 2 is the James Webb Space Telescope. [8]