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I have tried online but to no avail unfortunately, apart from it bringing me here actually :biggrin:. Thank you very much though, I shall look for those books as soon as possible. Regards Memocyl

I haven't been able to come by any at the moment that help me derive the equation itself, which is what I don't understand. However, if you could name me any books that do that would be exceptionally helpful :smile: Thank you Memocyl

Hello friends (I hope :biggrin:), For a maths project I am working on, I need to be able to prove the equation for an elliptical orbit, related to Kepler's first law: and p = a(1-e2) (or should be as p can be replaced by that value) Where: r = distance from sun to any point on the orbit p =...