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Orbit determination

Orbit determination is the estimation of orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft. One major application is to allow tracking newly observed asteroids and verify that they have not been previously discovered. The basic methods were discovered in the 17th century and have been continuously refined.

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Orbit determination

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related to Further reading · 25
Orbit determination → Academic Press, Astrodynamics, Bate, Born, Celestial Mechanics, Chapter, Chapters, Coastal Bend College, Curtis, Dover, Elsevier, Engineering Students, Fundamentals, ISBN, Krieger, Madonna, Mueller, Orbital Mechanics, Schutz, Statistical Orbit Determination
related to history · 11
Orbit determination → Edmund Halley, Euler, Johannes Kepler, Lambert, Mars, Newton's, Newton's Principia, Orbit, The, This, Tycho Brahe's
related to Orbit determination from a state vector · 7
Orbit determination → Earth, Keplerian, Moon, Newton's, Omega, Sun, The
has method · 5
Orbit determination → Earth, For, Orbit, Sun, Vectors
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Orbit determination → estimation of orbits of objects such as moons

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Orbit determinationis aestimation of orbits of objects such as moons0.90text
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planetsinstance ofOrbit determination is the estimation of orbits of objects0.80text
and spacecraftinstance ofOrbit determination is the estimation of orbits of objects0.80text
atmospheric draginstance ofespecially if the object is subject to difficult-to-predict perturbations0.80text
Orbit determinationhas methodOrbit0.60section
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Orbit determinationhas methodEarth0.60section
Orbit determinationhas methodSun0.60section
Orbit determinationhas methodVectors0.60section
Orbit determinationrelated to Further readingCurtis0.60section
Orbit determinationrelated to Further readingOrbital Mechanics0.60section

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