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In astrodynamics
Astrodynamics

Orbital mechanics or astrodynamics is the application of celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft....
, an orbiting body
Orbiting body

In astrodynamics, an orbiting body is a body that orbits central body . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics:* it is less massive than the central body by several orders of magnitude ....
  is a body that orbit
ORBit

ORBit is a Common Object Request Broker Architecture 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker . It features mature C , C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp , Pascal , Ruby , and Tcl....
s central body
Central body

In astrodynamics a central body is a body that is being orbited by an orbiting body . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics:* it is more massive than the orbiting body by several orders of magnitude ,...
 . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics
Standard assumptions in astrodynamics

For most of the problems in astrodynamics involving two bodies and standard assumptions in astrodynamics are usually the following:*A1: and are the only objects in the universe and thus influence of other objects is disregarded,...
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In astrodynamics
Astrodynamics

Orbital mechanics or astrodynamics is the application of celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft....
, an orbiting body
Orbiting body

In astrodynamics, an orbiting body is a body that orbits central body . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics:* it is less massive than the central body by several orders of magnitude ....
  is a body that orbit
ORBit

ORBit is a Common Object Request Broker Architecture 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker . It features mature C , C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp , Pascal , Ruby , and Tcl....
s central body
Central body

In astrodynamics a central body is a body that is being orbited by an orbiting body . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics:* it is more massive than the orbiting body by several orders of magnitude ,...
 . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics
Standard assumptions in astrodynamics

For most of the problems in astrodynamics involving two bodies and standard assumptions in astrodynamics are usually the following:*A1: and are the only objects in the universe and thus influence of other objects is disregarded,...
:
  • it is less massive than the central body by several orders of magnitude (i.e. ).
  • the central body around which it orbits comprises one of the orbits elliptical foci
    Focus (geometry)

    In geometry, the foci, , are a pair of special points used in describing conic sections. The four types of conic sections are the circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola....
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Central body
Central body

In astrodynamics a central body is a body that is being orbited by an orbiting body . Under standard assumptions in astrodynamics:* it is more massive than the orbiting body by several orders of magnitude ,...
Standard assumptions in astrodynamics
Standard assumptions in astrodynamics

For most of the problems in astrodynamics involving two bodies and standard assumptions in astrodynamics are usually the following:*A1: and are the only objects in the universe and thus influence of other objects is disregarded,...