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Canonical Elements for Collision Orbits

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I derive a set of canonical elements that are useful for collision orbits (perihelion distance approaching zero at fixed semimajor axis). The coordinates are the mean anomaly and the two spherical polar angles at aphelion.

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    Scott Tremaine

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Tremaine, S. Canonical Elements for Collision Orbits. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 79, 231–233 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017540022538

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