The Mission and Instruments of IMAGE - Part 1: #3 The Orbit of IMAGE
Pages 30 - 43. Using Keplers Laws of Planetary Motion students will calculate and draw elliptical orbits, find the eccentricity of orbits, and find the center of mass of an orbiting system.

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