Energy
Under standard assumptions, specific orbital energy of a hyperbolic trajectory is greater than zero and the orbital energy conservation equation for this kind of trajectory takes form:
where:
- is orbital velocity of orbiting body,
- is radial distance of orbiting body from central body,
- is the negative semi-major axis,
- is standard gravitational parameter.
Read more about this topic: Hyperbolic Trajectory
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