Essays about: "orbital elements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words orbital elements.

  1. 1. Exocomets in the β Pictoris system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Klaudia Jaworska; [2024]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Comets have been a source of fascination throughout the history of man. In recent years, advances in technology have opened up for the study of extrasolar objects, among them exocomets. The first exocomets were observed in the β Pictoris system almost 50 years ago and the system has been of interest ever since. READ MORE

  3. 2. Initial Orbit Determination of Resident Space Objects From A Passive Optical Imaging System: : Application to Space Situational Awareness

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Rymdteknik

    Author : Jessica McKenna; [2023]
    Keywords : Space Situational Awareness; Space Science; Angles-Only Initial Orbit Determination;

    Abstract : The probability of satellite collisions and disintegrations cluttering the near-Earth orbital environmentis ever-growing. This is especially true for the congested Low Earth Orbit (LEO) regime; once a critical density of objects is reached, a collisional cascading is projected to generate runaway growth of theorbital population. READ MORE

  4. 3. Origin of blue straggler stars in the Milky Way halo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Brcek; [2023]
    Keywords : Blue Straggler; Galactic Halo; Spectroscopic Surveys; Binary Star Evolution; Mass Transfer; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Blue straggler stars (BSSs) are exotic stellar objects that appear to be younger than the age of the population they come from suggests. They are observed as the extension of the main sequence stars, beyond the turn-off point. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effect of Gravitational Encounters on Binary Planetesimals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : John Gillan; [2021]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Binary planetesimals in the Kuiper belt can experience close encounters with other bodies. These encounters can disturb the orbital dynamics of the binary in several ways. Energy can be added to the system by the impactor body and lead to the disruption of the binary. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Milky Way and its Exoplanets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Jesper Nielsen; [2021]
    Keywords : Planets and Satellites; Exoplanets; Occurrence Rates; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The detections of over 4000 exoplanets as of today has shown that they exist in a wide range of different configurations, otherwise known as architectures. Recently, studies have been made trying to link the environment of host stars to the architectures of their planetary systems and have found that the architectures of planetary systems may not necessarily be uniform in the Milky Way. READ MORE