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: 25
Average GPA: 3.60 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.94%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.50%
| Staff Kenyon | 2024 | 66.8% | 29.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.59 | 6 |
| Jonathan T Black | 2023 | 63.2% | 34.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 3.59 | 14 |
| Jonathan Pitt | 2021 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.97 | 1 |
| Hanspeter Schaub | 2007 | 63.8% | 24.8% | 3.9% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.43 | 2 |
| Staff Guzman | 2010 | 57.1% | 28.5% | 14.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.45 | 1 |
| Troy A Henderson | 2013 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.00 | 1 |