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Sep 27, 2022 at 22:30	history	edited	CommunityBot		replaced http://www.celestrak.com with https://celestrak.org
May 12, 2022 at 4:42	history	edited	Nickolai	CC BY-SA 4.0	added inclination to list of 6 elements, expanded names of the others
Apr 13, 2016 at 23:03	comment	added	uhoh		Oh my head is spinning (or maybe it is osculating). OK I see! Same seven parameters, but quite possibly different values! The values are calculated for a specific propagator in mind. OK I'm getting I finally. The punch line seems to be: iI you take the values of the elements intended for one propagator, and use then with a different propagator, it will be close, but possibly not as close as you might expect or hope. Thanks!
Apr 13, 2016 at 19:41	comment	added	Puffin		Yes, where "the only difference" as you refer to it could render the answer meaningless (depending on the application) if you take a set intended to be mean elements and use them in an osculating propagator. I'd prefer to say "refer to seven parameters with the same names...". I can see this could cause a lot of confusion so it was a good original question. There is a related question on this topic here space.stackexchange.com/questions/14730/…
Apr 13, 2016 at 3:06	comment	added	uhoh		Excellent answer! So "Keplerian elements" and "Osculating elements" refer to exactly the same seven numbers, and the only difference is what you intend to do to with those numbers?
Apr 11, 2016 at 16:30	history	edited	Puffin	CC BY-SA 3.0	Added quote to improve meaning
Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00	vote	accept	Voriki
Apr 10, 2016 at 21:52	history	answered	Puffin	CC BY-SA 3.0