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I used the equations for apoapsis and periapsis as well as the general equation r=P/1+e cosθ. I tried deriving p from the semi major axis as well.e had an accuracy of about 10 digits. It was an elliptic orbit. Does this therefore place limitations on the mass of my orbiting object?

Hi. I have recently been trying my hands at calculating a few orbits but have encountered difficulties in trying to 'understand' the semi latus rectum. P=h^2/GM What does it have to do with the orbiting object's angular momentum? How come I get different values when I derive it from other...

Thanks for your reply... Maybe I phrased my sentence incorrectly. By variables I was referring to κ (Wave Number) and ω. Do these change as the wavefunction evolves?

Here's the link to the article I was reading http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/qmech/Quantum/node49.html

Hi. I would like to know which variables in the wave function are constant (in this local context) and which are not. The wave number for instance varies in the article I was reading (WKB approximation). Why is this so? What other variable in the wavefunction can vary? Please help me as I am...