AOE-5234: Orbital Mechanics
Description: Lagranges equations of motion, two-body problem, conic sections, Keplers laws, orbit determination. Multi-body problems and integrals of motion. Fundamentals of perturbation theory, variation of parameters, and Lagranges planetary equations. Regularization and alternative formulations of equations of motion.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 15
Average GPA: 3.59 (rounds to A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 40.54%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.83%
| Jonathan T Black | 2023 | 54.3% | 42.1% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 3.52 | 7 |
| Staff Kenyon | 2024 | 66.8% | 29.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.59 | 6 |
| Jonathan Pitt | 2021 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.97 | 1 |
| Riley M Fitzgerald | 2024 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.71 | 1 |