Re: orbital mechanics

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I received this question. Any advice I can forward on to him?

> Is there a book on the mathematics of orbital mechanics which an amateur
> satellite watcher and star gazer (binoculars) like myself can understand? In
> other words, could I work the mathematics by hand to derive a satellite's
> position from an element set? Is there a book that would explain to me how to
> do that step by step?

Thanks.

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