Re: orbital elements

On Feb 23, 5:31 pm, Llanzlan Klazmon <bill.m.tho...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 24, 1:03 pm, "U. N. McGregor" <u...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Where can I find concise directions on how to determine orbital elements.
All I ever see on the internet is description about what they are and mean
but never the way to actually do that type of calculation.

http://www.projectpluto.com/find_orb.htm#gauss

Ah, I looked up and found that

http://www.projectpluto.com/find_orb.htm

is a page about software that does orbit determination. The page
doesn't itself explain the algorithm, but gives references to a
coupleof books.

John Savard
.

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