Equation of Motion
Under standard assumptions, for a body moving along this kind of trajectory an orbital equation becomes:
where:
- is radial distance of orbiting body from central body,
- is specific angular momentum of the orbiting body,
- is a true anomaly of the orbiting body,
- is the standard gravitational parameter.
Read more about this topic: Parabolic Trajectory
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