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Old June 23rd 07, 10:38 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Les Hemmings
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Default hyperbolic trajectory

Nicholas wrote:


Thanks for the reply Mark.

I found the equations for the problem its just similar to kepler's
equation for ellipse.


Conic sections rings a bell... trajectories are all slices through a cone.

Les

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