Keplerian: a branch of mathematics derived from the work of 17th astronomer Johannes Kepler, who helped found the field of celestial mechanics, which is the study of the movements of celestial objects. A Kepler orbit describes the path of celestial object in relation to another object, either as an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola. A Kepler trajectory is the calculation of that object’s path, said object in this case being a spaceship, while taking into account variables such as the gravity of other nearby bodies, space radiation, atmospheric drag, black holes, relativity, and other pitfalls.
Keplerian: a branch of mathematics derived from the work of 17th astronomer Johannes Kepler, who helped found the field of celestial mechanics, which is the study of the movements of celestial objects. A Kepler orbit describes the path of celestial object in relation to another object, either as an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola. A Kepler trajectory is the calculation of that object’s path, said object in this case being a spaceship, while taking into account variables such as the gravity of other nearby bodies, space radiation, atmospheric drag, black holes, relativity, and other pitfalls.