In this first part of a multi-video series, I describe the six orbital elements defining a two-body trajectory in 3D space and explain how to solve for said elements given an object's state vectors, or position and velocity.
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This video is an entry to 3Blue1Brown's 2021 Summer of Math Exposition!
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Credits
Stock background music provided by RaphaelTorres, from Pond5:
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Stock videos from jonaslisting at videvo.net:
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Conic figure and relative position figure at ~3:34 and ~3:45:
Bate, Mueller, and White - Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
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