-I ~ APPLICATIONS OF ECE THEORY: THE RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS OF ORBITS

A relativistic theory of orbits is developed based on the Minkowski force equation, a classical limit ofECE theory. For all planar orbits the relativistic Coriolis acceleration vanishes, so the relativistic force law includes only the relativistic centripetal acceleration. The Lorentz factor is expressed in terms ofthe angle theta of the plane polar coordinates, allowing animations to be developed of the relativistic motion of objects in planar orbits of all kinds