(from the article `comet`) ...on a trajectory that is a conic section with the Sun at one focus. The total energy E of the comet, which is a constant of motion, will determine ...
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/91
Types of orbit. Credit: NASA An open orbit in the shape of a hyperbola, the eccentricity of which is greater than 1. A hyperbolic orbit is followed by an object which escapes from the gravitational field of a larger body.
Found on
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/hyperbolicorb.html
No exact match found.
