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How to calculate radial Keplers equation

What is Radial Keplers Equation? The Radial Kepler equation for the case where the object does not have enough energy to escape. Radial form of Kepler’s equation For a body moving on a bound (elliptic) Keplerian orbit, the standard Kepler equation relates the mean anomaly M to the eccentric

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Securing Windows XP

As I wrote in a previous post, securing your operating systems is critical to security and privacy. Below is a batch‑file script you can run (as Administrator) inside a Windows XP virtual machine to apply a set of common hardening measures. It focuses on reducing the attack surface, tightening

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Orbital Mechanics Angles in Julia

I am starting to get more into orbital dynamics. As a result, Julia is a new programming language that is rising in adaptation. I decided to port a Python version of an orbital dynamics library into Julia. Over the next few weeks, I would like to write some explanations of

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What is Julia?

I posted a few posts tonight that use Julia as a language to accomplish some orbital mechanical tasks. I decided to take a step back and provide a brief overview of what Julia actually is. Their website is https://julialang.org/ and the language has been skyrocketing up in the

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Getting Started with AstroNN

I found a neat library for Astronomy datasets. AstroNN Is a collection of Keras-driven neural networks for astronomy data. Getting Started Install AstroNN pip install astroNN matplotlib sklearn Create a Jupyter notebook jupyter notebook Paste the following into the IN %matplotlib inline %config InlineBackend.figure_format='retina' # import

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Getting TensorFlow install on Apple M1

I am getting started into Astroomy datasets. One of the first things I wanted to do is get adjusted and acquainted with TensorFlow. Since I have an Apple M1, I wanted to get tensorflow installed and using the integrated libraries so when the datasets are written, they are more native

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Creating a Dial Up Connection Using Teltone TLS-5

I recently came across a video that used a Teltone TLS-5 telephone simulator that was used as a dial up connection. I found a used one and decided to give it a shot. Hardware used: 1. Teltone TLS-5 2. USROBOTICS USB modem 3. IBM Thinkpad T42 running Windows 98 4.

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