Orbital Period
Under standard assumptions the orbital period of a body traveling along an elliptic orbit can be computed as:
where:
- is standard gravitational parameter,
- is length of semi-major axis.
Conclusions:
- The orbital period is equal to that for a circular orbit with the orbit radius equal to the semi-major axis ,
- For a given semi-major axis the orbital period does not depend on the eccentricity (See also: Kepler's third law).
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