orbital elements

On Feb 23, 7:07*pm, "U. N. McGregor" wrote:

How difficult is it to read this and understand it? *Is it written for
engineers and scientists etc.?
Remember , I am an amateur with limited math skills.

I don't think that determining orbital elements from observations is
described in too many places except in textbooks of celestial
mechanics, which, of course, are aimed at stretching the brains of
students rather than giving them pat cookbook formulae, and so this
sort of thing will usually be available in a form that requires a lot
of math to understand.

But I see some people on this thread have been able to provide helpful
answers.