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Hyperbolic orbits correspond to eccentricities e > 1,
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where a is the semimajor axis and v is the true anomaly. But r > 0, so
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Define
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and the ellipse equation becomes
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Define
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then
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Let
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then
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Circular Orbit, Elliptical Orbit, Orbit, Parabolic Orbit, Two-Body Problem
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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