Canonical elements for collision orbits
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
I derive a set of canonical elements that are useful for collision orbits (perihelion distance approaching zero at fixed semimajor axis). The coordinates are the mean anomaly and the two spherical polar angles at aphelion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0012278,
title = {Canonical elements for collision orbits},
author = {Scott Tremaine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0012278},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages, 0 figures. To be published in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy