Celestial Mechanics: Energy
Energy: A quantity assigned to one body which indicates that body’s ability to change the state of another body.

  • KE - Kinetic Energy: Energy due to a body’s motion
  • PE - Potential Energy: Energy due to a body’s position

The total energy (TE) is the sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy

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