Orbit Prediction
Under ideal conditions of a perfectly spherical central body, and zero perturbations, all orbital elements, with the exception of the Mean anomaly are constants, and Mean anomaly changes linearly with time, scaled by the Mean motion, . Hence if at any instant the orbital parameters are, then the elements at time is given by
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