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Phase-mixed radial probability of a Kepler orbit (pr​(r))

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For a Kepler orbit with pericentre distance q, apocentre distance Q, and semi-major axis a=(q+Q)/2, a uniform mean anomaly gives
pr​(r)=πa(r−q)(Q−r)​r​,q<r<Q.
(1)
The two radial passages per orbital period are included, and ∫qQ​pr​(r)dr=1.

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