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Orbit determination

LC control no.sh2005003685
LC classificationQB355 QB357
Topical headingOrbit determination
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Variant(s)Determination of orbits
Orbits--Determination
See alsoCelestial mechanics
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Found inWork cat.: 2004095017: Wiesel, W. Modern orbit determination, c2003.
ATIS glossary 2000, June 7, 2005 (Orbit determination: the process of describing the past, present, or predicted position of a satellite in terms of orbital parameters)
Eric Weisstein's world of science, June 7, 2005.
Xreferplus, June 7, 2005 (Orbit determination: derivation of the orbit of a celestial object, such as a comet, from several observations of its position by using the laws of celestial mechanics)