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Science of Celestial Mechanics

There are several different ideas that we must explore before we can understand how astrophysicists calculate the positions of orbiting bodies.

(Only then can we figure out whether a particular asteroid will miss the earth, or come crashing down on us.)

Here are some subjects to explore.
 

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Ellipses

Kepler’s Equation

Coordinate systems

the story of Gauss and the orbit of the asteroid Ceres

Elements of orbits

How Gauss solved the orbit

I want to find asteroids too!

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