Talk:Astrodynamics/Fundamental Laws

Derivations
Shouldn't this start off with the more general case (3D, no assumptions about relative size of M1 and M2, etc), and then from that, drive the 2-body relative motion equation. Rather than just say "The polar equation for the body's motion is...". --D'Arby 22:31, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The text should definitely build from a case with no relative size assumptions, but we could go back even further depending on the scope we want for the book. Perhaps it would be best to first define the scope. --Zephram Stark 17:33, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Reorganization
The information in this chapter is presented in an odd way. The discussion starts with Newton, moves to Kepler, then back to Newton. The information should be presented chronologically starting with Kepler's laws then moving on to Newton's (especially since Kepler's laws are pretty much directly responsible for Newton's publication of the Principia). I will start working on this after I finish some work on the coordinate systems chapter. Jaxcp3 (discuss • contribs) 16:18, 17 July 2013 (UTC)