Open AccessEnvelopes of cometary orbits
Author(s) -
Žarko Mijajlović,
N. Pejović,
G. Damljanović,
Dejan Ćirić
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
serbian astronomical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1820-9289
pISSN - 1450-698X
DOI - 10.2298/saj0877101m
Subject(s) - physics , ellipse , parabola , astronomy , classical mechanics , astrophysics , theoretical physics , optics
We discuss cometary orbits from the standpoint of Nonstandard (Leibnitz) analysis, a relatively new branch of mathematics. In particular, we consider parabolic cometary paths. It appears that, in a sense, every parabola is an ellipse
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