Osculating orbit
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| definition | The Keplerian orbit that a satellite would follow after a specific time t if all forces other than central inverse-square forces ceased to act from time t on. An osculating orbit is tangent to the real, perturbed, orbit and has the same velocity at the point of tangency. | ||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie original | ||||||