A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory...
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In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1 and is an unbound orbit that is exactly...
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astrodynamics or celestial mechanics, a hyperbolic trajectory or hyperbolic orbit is the trajectory of any object around a central body with more than...
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Trajectory optimization is the process of designing a trajectory that minimizes (or maximizes) some measure of performance while satisfying a set of constraints...
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Projectile motion (redirect from Trajectory of a projectile)
field, such as from Earth's surface, and moves along a curved path (a trajectory) under the action of gravity only. In the particular case of projectile...
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orbital mechanics, a circumlunar trajectory, trans-lunar trajectory or lunar free return is a type of free return trajectory which takes a spacecraft from...
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trajectories include: trajectory of a projectile lofted trajectory, a particular type of non-minimum energy ballistic trajectory trajectory (fluid mechanics)...
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Trajectory inference or pseudotemporal ordering is a computational technique used in single-cell transcriptomics to determine the pattern of a dynamic...
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Ballistic missile (redirect from Depressed trajectory)
free-flight is about 4,500 kilometers (2,800 mi). A ballistic missile's trajectory consists of three parts or phases: the boost phase, the mid-course phase...
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orthogonal trajectory is a curve which intersects any curve of a given pencil of (planar) curves orthogonally. For example, the orthogonal trajectories of a...
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Death trajectory refers to the pattern of dying when a patient is given a projected death date with limited or no medical recourse for the remaining existence...
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In orbital mechanics, a free-return trajectory is a trajectory of a spacecraft traveling away from a primary body (for example, the Earth) where gravity...
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Sub-orbital spaceflight (redirect from Sub-orbital trajectory)
is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches outer space, but its trajectory intersects the surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched...
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celestial mechanics a radial trajectory is a Kepler orbit with zero angular momentum. Two objects in a radial trajectory move directly towards or away...
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Technology trajectory refers to a single branch in the evolution of a technological design of a product/service, with nodes representing separate designs...
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Trajectory Inc. is an American technology company that focuses on solving the problems facing the global book publishing market. It was founded by Jim...
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orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite...
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Regge theory (redirect from Regge trajectory)
which is called a Regge trajectory. Thus in this consideration the orbital momentum can assume complex values. Regge trajectories can be obtained for many...
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Trans-lunar injection (redirect from Translunar trajectory)
which is used to send a spacecraft to the Moon. Typical lunar transfer trajectories approximate Hohmann transfers, although low-energy transfers have also...
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World line (redirect from 4D Trajectory)
distinguished from concepts such as an "orbit" or a "trajectory" (e.g., a planet's orbit in space or the trajectory of a car on a road) by inclusion of the dimension...
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List of DC Comics characters: T (redirect from Trajectory (DC Comics))
Mendenhall. This version is Tobias Whale's right-hand man and co-enforcer. Trajectory is a fictional superheroine in DC Comics. Originally from Manchester,...
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Parking orbit (redirect from Direct injection trajectory)
a trajectory to the parking orbit, then coasts for a while, then engines fire again to enter the final desired trajectory. An alternative trajectory that...
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Voyager 2 (section Launch and trajectory)
August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and enabled further encounters...
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Phase space (redirect from Phase space trajectory)
traces a path (a phase-space trajectory for the system) through the high-dimensional space. The phase-space trajectory represents the set of states compatible...
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escape from contact with or orbit of a primary body, assuming: Ballistic trajectory - no other forces are acting on the object, including propulsion and friction...
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MISTRAM (redirect from Missile Trajectory Measurement)
MISTRAM (MISsile TRAjectory Measurement) was a high-resolution tracking system used by the United States Air Force (and later NASA) to provide highly detailed...
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Ballistics (redirect from Ballistic Trajectories)
only during the relatively brief initial phase of powered flight and the trajectory is subsequently governed by the laws of classical mechanics; in contrast...
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Characteristic energy (section Non-escape trajectory)
velocity squared, or energy per mass. Every object in a 2-body ballistic trajectory has a constant specific orbital energy ϵ {\displaystyle \epsilon } equal...
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Artemis II (section Trajectory overview)
mission was proposed with a crew of four astronauts, sent on a free-return trajectory around the Moon. Another proposal suggested in 2017 was to take four astronauts...
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The theory of historical trajectory is part of Karl Marx's historical materialism. This theory has been analyzed by Erik Olin Wright, whose work has been...
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