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    In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics, a hyperbolic trajectory or hyperbolic orbit is the trajectory of any object around a central body with more than...
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    trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1 and is an unbound orbit that is exactly on the border between elliptical and hyperbolic...
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    escape speed at its current distance. In contrast if it is on a hyperbolic trajectory its speed will always be higher than the escape speed at its current...
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  • point Hyperbolic trajectory, a Kepler orbit with eccentricity greater than 1 Hyperbolic versor, a versor parameterized by a hyperbolic angle Hyperbolic unit...
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  • about 160–164 km2/s2. Specific orbital energy Orbit Parabolic trajectory Hyperbolic trajectory Wie, Bong (1998). "Orbital Dynamics". Space Vehicle Dynamics...
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    Circular orbit: e = 0 Elliptic orbit: 0 < e < 1 Parabolic trajectory: e = 1 Hyperbolic trajectory: e > 1 The eccentricity e is given by e = 1 + 2 E L 2 m...
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    body traveling along a hyperbolic trajectory will attain at r = {\displaystyle r=} infinity an orbital velocity called hyperbolic excess velocity ( v ∞...
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    the length of the semi-major axis. The velocity equation for a hyperbolic trajectory has either + 1 a {\displaystyle {1 \over {a}}} , or it is the same...
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    C/1980 E1 (Bowell) (category Hyperbolic comets)
    (perihelion) in March 1982. It is leaving the Solar System on a hyperbolic trajectory due to a close approach to Jupiter. In the 43 years since its discovery...
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  • (i.e. circular orbit, elliptic orbit, parabolic trajectory, hyperbolic trajectory, or radial trajectory) with the central body located at one of the two...
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