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  2. Parabolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    A radial parabolic trajectory is a non-periodic trajectory on a straight line where the relative velocity of the two objects is always the escape velocity. There are two cases: the bodies move away from each other or towards each other. There is a rather simple expression for the position as function of time:

  3. Projectile motion - Wikipedia

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    The trajectory then generalizes (without air resistance) from a parabola to a Kepler-ellipse with one focus at the center of the Earth (shown in fig. 3). The projectile motion then follows Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The trajectory's parameters have to be adapted from the values of a uniform gravity field stated above.

  4. Orbit equation - Wikipedia

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    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 orbit, elliptic orbit, parabolic trajectory, hyperbolic trajectory, or radial trajectory) with the ...

  5. Trajectory - Wikipedia

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    A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory is defined by Hamiltonian mechanics via canonical coordinates; hence, a complete trajectory is defined by position and momentum, simultaneously. The mass might be a projectile or a ...

  6. Characteristic energy - Wikipedia

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    Every object in a 2-body ballistic trajectory has a constant specific orbital energy equal to the sum of its specific kinetic and specific potential energy: = = =, where = is the standard gravitational parameter of the massive body with mass , and is the radial distance from its center. As an object in an escape trajectory moves outward, its ...

  7. Kepler orbit - Wikipedia

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    The following image illustrates a circle (grey), an ellipse (red), a parabola (green) and a hyperbola (blue) A diagram of the various forms of the Kepler Orbit and their eccentricities. Blue is a hyperbolic trajectory (e > 1). Green is a parabolic trajectory (e = 1). Red is an elliptical orbit (0 < e < 1). Grey is a circular orbit (e = 0).

  8. Kepler's equation - Wikipedia

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    a parabolic trajectory, a trajectory that goes back and forth along a line segment from the centre of attraction to a point at some distance away, a trajectory going in or out along an infinite ray emanating from the centre of attraction, with its speed going to zero with distance

  9. Hamilton–Jacobi equation - Wikipedia

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    From the formula for = (, ) and ... The Hamiltonian in parabolic cylindrical coordinates ... The particle motion occurs along the figure-8 trajectory in ...