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For a given earth satellite with given angular momentum f,

Chapter 8, Problem 8.28

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For a given earth satellite with given angular momentum f, show that the distance of closest approach rmin on a parabolic orbit is half the radius of the circular orbit.

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QUESTION:

For a given earth satellite with given angular momentum f, show that the distance of closest approach rmin on a parabolic orbit is half the radius of the circular orbit.

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The distance of the closest approach is given as,

Here,  is the force constant,  is the angular momentum and  is eccentricity.

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