#SpaceComputation
The exploration of space naturally uses the tools
an techniques of astronomy. The intent of this
app is to provide the user with often used formulas
including:
- Conic sections calculation and their relation with the law of gravitation.
- Elliptic orbits, the connection between the orbit parameters and the period of revolution and the determination of the exact position of a satellite in its orbit at a specified time.
- The geometry formulas used to correct for distortions that arise when flat pictures are made of a curved Earth.
- Formulas involving logarithms used to understand how radiation is absorbed by a planet (e.g. Earth) atmosphere.
- The math involved in the analysis of reflective properties of the conic sections needed to design an X-ray telescope.