Timeline for Orbital motion (in a plane) Speed at a given mean anomaly
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| Jun 19, 2015 at 13:17 | vote | accept | paul23 | ||
| Jun 7, 2015 at 13:22 | comment | added | fibonatic | @paul23 However you only look in two dimensions, thus the orbital plane will be defined by that. The only thing that remains is whether the orbit is clockwise or anticlockwise, which can be changed by changing the sign of the angular velocity. | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 13:15 | comment | added | fibonatic | @paul23 It will in deed be perpendicular to r, but also in the plane of the orbit, which is defined by the inclination, longitude of ascending node and argument of periapsis and reference direction, see orbital elements. | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 9:33 | comment | added | paul23 | In this system, in which direction is the "angular speed"? Perpendicular to r it seems? (But that's of little geometrical meaning I think)? | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 3:04 | history | answered | fibonatic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |