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Equation for calculating periapsis from apoapsis?


goduranus

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Recently I had been thinking about debris falling into a gravity well and entering orbit, and I was wondering where can I find the equation that calculates apoapsis altitude and velocity from periapsis altitude and velocity and vice versa, around the Sun for example?  I am not from a physics background, so I didn't know where to look,

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