Parabolic trajectory
A parabolic trajectory is depicted in the bottom-left quadrant of this diagram, where the gravitational potential well
of the central mass shows potential energy, and the kinetic energy of
the parabolic trajectory is shown in red. The height of the kinetic
energy decreases asymptotically toward zero as the speed decreases and
distance increases according to Kepler's laws.
This article is about a class of Kepler orbits. For a free body trajectory at constant gravity, see Ballistic trajectory.
In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1. When moving away from the source it is called an escape orbit, otherwise a capture orbit. It is also sometimes referred to as a C3 = 0 orbit (see Characteristic energy).Under standard assumptions a body traveling along an escape orbit will coast along a parabolic shaped trajectory to infinity, with velocity relative to the central body tending to zero, and therefore will never return. Parabolic trajectories are minimum-energy escape trajectories, separating positive-energy hyperbolic trajectories from negative-energy elliptic orbits.
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Velocity
Under standard assumptions the orbital velocity (is the radial distance of orbiting body from central body,
is the standard gravitational parameter.
If the body has the escape velocity with respect to the Earth, this is not enough to escape the Solar System, so near the Earth the orbit resembles a parabola, but further away it bends into an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
This velocity (
is orbital velocity of a body in circular orbit.
Equation of motion
Under standard assumptions, for a body moving along this kind of trajectory an orbital equation becomes:is radial distance of orbiting body from central body,
is specific angular momentum of the orbiting body,
is a true anomaly of the orbiting body,
is the standard gravitational parameter.
Energy
Under standard assumptions, specific orbital energy (is orbital velocity of orbiting body,
is radial distance of orbiting body from central body,
is the standard gravitational parameter.
Barker's equation
Barker's equation relates the time of flight to the true anomaly of a parabolic trajectory.[1]Where:
- D = tan(ν/2), ν is the true anomaly of the orbit
- t is the current time in seconds
- T is the time of periapsis passage in seconds
- μ is the standard gravitational parameter
- p is the semi-latus rectum of the trajectory ( p = h2/μ )
Alternately, the equation can be expressed in terms of periapsis distance, in a parabolic orbit rp = p/2:
Unlike Kepler's equation, which is used to solve for true anomalies in elliptical and hyperbolic trajectories, the true anomaly in Barker's equation can be solved directly for t. If the following substitutions are made[2]
then
Radial parabolic trajectory
A radial parabolic trajectory is a non-periodic trajectory on a straight line where the relative velocity of the two objects is always the escape velocity. There are two cases: the bodies move away from each other or towards each other.There is a rather simple expression for the position as function of time:
- μ is the standard gravitational parameter
corresponds to the extrapolated time of the fictitious starting or ending at the center of the central body.
To have
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