Alternate Definitions for Osculating orbit

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Term: Osculating orbit
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.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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