We resumed today with orbital mechanics. We covered the two-body problem, introduced Kepler’s problem (time doesn’t relate well to true anomaly), and sprinted to the state transition matrix. We will resume with perturbations and additional bodies considered on Friday.
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Slides: L4 Slides – Two Body Problem
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx6PEYk_RQE&w=560&h=315]
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