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    astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another...
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    elliptic orbit or elliptical orbit is a Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of less than 1; this includes the special case of a circular orbit, with eccentricity...
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    hyperbolic partial differential equations. Kepler orbits Eccentricity vector Orbital eccentricity Roundness (object) Conic constant Thomas, George B...
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  • Eccentricity (graph theory) of a vertex in a graph Eccentricity (mathematics), a parameter associated with every conic section Orbital eccentricity,...
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    than autumn. Greater eccentricity increases the variation in the Earth's orbital velocity. Currently, however, the Earth's orbit is becoming less eccentric...
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  • the same area. For orbits with small eccentricity, the length of the orbit is close to that of a circular one, and the mean orbital speed can be approximated...
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    found that higher eccentricity orbits reduced the average tilts of the ETNOs' orbits. While there are many possible combinations of orbital parameters and...
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    next orbit, that side will be in darkness all the time until the next sunrise after another 88 Earth days. Combined with its high orbital eccentricity, the...
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    eccentricities of the orbits of Uranus' inner satellites, and the anomalously high orbital inclination of Miranda. High past orbital eccentricities associated...
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    theory such an orbit has the shape of a hyperbola. In more technical terms this can be expressed by the condition that the orbital eccentricity is greater...
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