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Laplace plane — The Laplace plane, named after Pierre Simon Laplace, is defined as the mean plane occupied by the orbit of a satellite during a precession cycle. In other words, the plane normal to the orbital precession pole of the satellite.It is used to… … Wikipedia
Plane of reference — A term used in celestial mechanics, the plane of reference is the plane by means of which orbital elements (positions) are defined. The two main orbital elements that are measured with respect to the plane of reference are the inclination and the … Wikipedia
Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector — Throughout this article, vectors and their magnitudes are indicated by boldface and italic type, respectively; for example, left| mathbf{A} ight| = A. In classical mechanics, the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector (or simply the LRL vector) is a vector… … Wikipedia
Laplace transform — In mathematics, the Laplace transform is one of the best known and most widely used integral transforms. It is commonly used to produce an easily soluble algebraic equation from an ordinary differential equation. It has many important… … Wikipedia
Laplace's equation — In mathematics, Laplace s equation is a partial differential equation named after Pierre Simon Laplace who first studied its properties. The solutions of Laplace s equation are important in many fields of science, notably the fields of… … Wikipedia
Laplace operator — This article is about the mathematical operator. For the Laplace probability distribution, see Laplace distribution. For graph theoretical notion, see Laplacian matrix. Del Squared redirects here. For other uses, see Del Squared (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Laplace-Ebene — Die Laplace Ebene bezeichnet in der Himmelsmechanik die über lange Zeiten gemittelte Bahnebene eines Körpers (z. B. ein Planet, Mond oder Satellit), der sich auf einer Umlaufbahn um ein Zentralobjekt (beispielsweise die Sonne oder ein… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Invariable plane — The invariable plane of a planetary system is the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass) which is perpendicular to its angular momentum vector. In the Solar system, about 98% of this effect is contributed by the orbital angular… … Wikipedia
Pierre-Simon Laplace — Laplace redirects here. For the city in Louisiana, see LaPlace, Louisiana. For the joint NASA ESA space mission, see Europa Jupiter System Mission. Pierre Simon, marquis de Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827). Posthumous portrait … Wikipedia
Discrete Laplace operator — For the discrete equivalent of the Laplace transform, see Z transform. In mathematics, the discrete Laplace operator is an analog of the continuous Laplace operator, defined so that it has meaning on a graph or a discrete grid. For the case of a… … Wikipedia
