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    The Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics where two bodies interact through a central force that varies inversely with the square of the distance between them. It describes the motion of bodies such as planets orbiting stars or satellites orbiting planets. The problem was named after Johannes Kepler, who proposed Kepler's laws of planetary motion and investigated the forces that would produce orbits obeying those laws. Solutions to the Kepler problem can be expressed using six orbital elements and produce accurate predictions of orbital motion.

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    The Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics where two bodies interact through a central force that varies inversely with the square of the distance between them. It describes the motion of bodies such as planets orbiting stars or satellites orbiting planets. The problem was named after Johannes Kepler, who proposed Kepler's laws of planetary motion and investigated the forces that would produce orbits obeying those laws. Solutions to the Kepler problem can be expressed using six orbital elements and produce accurate predictions of orbital motion.

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    The Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics where two bodies interact through a central force that varies inversely with the square of the distance between them. It describes the motion of bodies such as planets orbiting stars or satellites orbiting planets. The problem was named after Johannes Kepler, who proposed Kepler's laws of planetary motion and investigated the forces that would produce orbits obeying those laws. Solutions to the Kepler problem can be expressed using six orbital elements and produce accurate predictions of orbital motion.

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    The Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics where two bodies interact through a central force that varies inversely with the square of the distance between them. It describes the motion of bodies such as planets orbiting stars or satellites orbiting planets. The problem was named after Johannes Kepler, who proposed Kepler's laws of planetary motion and investigated the forces that would produce orbits obeying those laws. Solutions to the Kepler problem can be expressed using six orbital elements and produce accurate predictions of orbital motion.

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    This article is about a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics. For
    the problem of finding the densest packing of spheres in three-dimensional Euclidean
    space, see Kepler conjecture.
    In classical mechanics, the Kepler problem is a special case of the two-body problem, in
    which the two bodies interact by a central force F that varies in strength as the inverse
    square of the distance r between them. The force may be either attractive or repulsive.
    The "problem" to be solved is to find the position or speed of the two bodies over time
    given their masses and initial positions and velocities. Using classical mechanics, the
    solution can be expressed as a Kepler orbit using six orbital elements.
    The Kepler problem is named after Johannes Kepler, who proposed Kepler's laws of
    planetary motion (which are part of classical mechanics and solve the problem for the
    orbits of the planets) and investigated the types of forces that would result in orbits
    obeying those laws (called Kepler's inverse problem).[1]
    For a discussion of the Kepler problem specific to radial orbits, see: Radial trajectory.
    The Kepler problem in general relativity produces more accurate predictions, especially
    in strong gravitational fields.

    Applications
    The Kepler problem arises in many contexts, some beyond the physics studied by Kepler
    himself. The Kepler problem is important in celestial mechanics, since Newtonian gravity
    obeys an inverse square law. Examples include a satellite moving about a planet, a planet
    about its sun, or two binary stars about each other. The Kepler problem is also important
    in the motion of two charged particles, since Coulombs law of electrostatics also obeys
    an inverse square law. Examples include the hydrogen atom, positronium and muonium,
    which have all played important roles as model systems for testing physical theories and
    measuring constants of nature.[citation needed]
    The Kepler problem and the simple harmonic oscillator problem are the two most
    fundamental problems in classical mechanics. They are the only two problems that have
    closed orbits for every possible set of initial conditions, i.e., return to their starting point
    with the same velocity (Bertrand's theorem). The Kepler problem has often been used to
    develop new methods in classical mechanics, such as Lagrangian mechanics,
    Hamiltonian mechanics, the HamiltonJacobi equation, and action-angle coordinates.
    [citation needed]
    The Kepler problem also conserves the LaplaceRungeLenz vector, which
    has since been generalized to include other interactions. The solution of the Kepler
    problem allowed scientists to show that planetary motion could be explained entirely by
    classical mechanics and Newtons law of gravity; the scientific explanation of planetary
    motion played an important role in ushering in the Enlightenment.

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