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hyperbolic orbit


types of orbit
Types of orbit. Credit: NASA
An open orbit in the shape of a hyperbola, the eccentricity of which is greater than 1. A hyperbolic orbit is followed by an object which escapes from the gravitational field of a larger body.


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