Sphere of influence (astrodynamics)
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title:
Sphere of influence (astrodynamics)
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A sphere of influence (SOI) in astrodynamics and astronomy is the oblate-spheroid-shaped region where a particular celestial body exerts the main gravitational influence on an orbiting object. This is usually used to describe the areas in the Solar System where planets dominate the orbits of surrounding objects such as moons, despite the presence of the much more massive but distant Sun. In the patched conic approximation, used in estimating the trajectories of bodies moving between the neighbou
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Region of space gravitationally dominated by a given body
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_of_influence_(astrodynamics)
date created:
2004-10-09T13:42:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T00:06:33Z
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