Difference between revisions of "Orbital Dynamics"

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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.  The force exerted by two bodies on each other is given by
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<math>F = Gm_1m_2 \over r^2</math>
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where G is the gravitational parameter whose value is ''''insert value here'''', <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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Revision as of 17:37, 8 December 2006

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. The force exerted by two bodies on each other is given by

<math>F = Gm_1m_2 \over r^2</math>

where G is the gravitational parameter whose value is 'insert value here', <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.

This is a stub.