Improved First Estimates to the Solution of Kepler's Equation

2021/08/06 by Richard J. Mathar, Mathar, Richard J.
Physics and Astronomy · #History and Developments in Astronomy #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.03215

Abstract

The manuscripts provides a novel starting guess for the solution of Kepler's equation for unknown eccentric anomaly E given the eccentricity e and mean anomaly M of an elliptical orbit.

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