Canonical elements for collision orbits
arXiv:astro-ph/0012278 · doi:10.1023/A:1017540022538
Abstract
I derive a set of canonical elements that are useful for collision orbits (perihelion distance approaching zero at fixed semimajor axis). The coordinates are the mean anomaly and the two spherical polar angles at aphelion.
3 pages, 0 figures. To be published in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy