open orbit

created by BinarOne
(thing) by ariels (7.9 hr) (print)   (I like it!) Mon Dec 11 2000 at 14:18:20
In any solution to the 2-body problem, the open orbits are the parabola (with one body at the focus) and the hyperbola (with one body at a focus, and the orbit along the arm near that focus).
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