What is Osculating orbit?
[[File:Enckes method-vector.svg|thumb]] The '''osculating orbit''' of an astronomical object is the gravitational [[Kepler|Kepler orbit]]. This is the ''normal'' orbit it would have around a body, supposing it were not [[Perturbation (astronomy)|perturbed]] (disturbed) by a third body.<ref>Moulton, Forest R. 1970. [1902] ''Introduction to Celestial Mechanics'' (2nd revised ed). Mineola, New York: Dover. p322–323.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Celestial mechanics]] [[Category:Orbits]]