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orbit comparison table

Subject has parameter is a kind of has amplitude has period has definition has synonym

elliptical orbit orbital element harmonic motion equal to the semimajor axis proportional to the orbital period periodic motion

hyperbolic orbit orbital element hyperbola

Keplerian orbit osculating element conic section The orbit of a spherical particle of a finite mass around another spherical particle, also of finite mass, by virtue of the gravitational attraction between them. In the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms, the electrons are considered as describing Keplerian orbits in the field of the positive nucleus by virtue of the inverse square electric attraction between the electrons and the nuclei. osculating orbit

Subject	has parameter	is a kind of	has amplitude	has period	has definition	has synonym
elliptical orbit	orbital element	harmonic motion	equal to the semimajor axis	proportional to the orbital period		periodic motion
hyperbolic orbit	orbital element	hyperbola
Keplerian orbit	osculating element	conic section			The orbit of a spherical particle of a finite mass around another spherical particle, also of finite mass, by virtue of the gravitational attraction between them. In the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms, the electrons are considered as describing Keplerian orbits in the field of the positive nucleus by virtue of the inverse square electric attraction between the electrons and the nuclei.	osculating orbit

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