Envelopes of Cometary Orbits

We discuss cometary orbits from the standpoint of Nonstandard (Leibnitz) analysis, a relatively new branch of mathematics. In particular, we consider parabolic cometary paths. It appears that, in a sense, every parabola is an ellipse.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mijajlović, Ž., Pejović, N., Damljanović, G., Ćirić, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Astronomical Observatory, Department of Astronomy, Belgrade 2008-12-01
Series:Serbian Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:http://saj.matf.bg.ac.rs/177/pdf/101-107.pdf