Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Osculating Elements |
The orbital elements describing the instantaneous, purely elliptical orbit of a body subject to perturbations. If the perturbing influences were to disappear at some particular time, the body would continue to follow an orbit described by the osculating elements for that moment in time.
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