Eccentricity of orbit¶
Many bodies in space move in orbits that are conic sections. For an elliptical orbit, the eccentricity can be calculated from the parameters of the orbit. The eccentricity can be used to judge the elongation of the elliptical orbit.
Links:
- eccentricity¶
eccentricityof the orbit.- Symbol:
e- Latex:
\(e\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- semiminor_axis¶
semiminor_axisof the orbit.- Symbol:
b- Latex:
\(b\)
- Dimension:
length
- semimajor_axis¶
semimajor_axisof the orbit.- Symbol:
a- Latex:
\(a\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
e = sqrt(1 - (b / a)^2)- Latex:
- \[e = \sqrt{1 - \left(\frac{b}{a}\right)^{2}}\]