Saturday, 23 April 2011

orbit - Is there a standard mapping of symbols to terms for celestial and orbital mechanics

Is there a standard mapping of symbols to terms for celestial and orbital mechanics (and physics in general)?



For example here are some ambiguities



Angular Momentum: L, H, J, $Gamma$,



Orbital period: T or P,



M: mean anomaly or mass of the Sun,



E: energy or eccentric anomaly,



p: linear momentum or length of semi-latus rectum,



a: acceleration or length of semi-major axis,



e: eccentricity or base of natural logarithms,

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