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Orbital dynamics is the study of the motion of objects in the presence of gravitational forces of other bodies. All bodies provide a gravitational pull on other bodies surrounding it.
Equation
The force exerted by two bodies on each other is given by
<math>F = \frac{Gm_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}</math>
where G is the Universal Gravitational Constant whose value is 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2, <math>m_1</math> is the mass of the first body, <math>m_2</math> is the mass of the second body, and r is the distance between them.
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