Ratio of kinetic and potential energy of Kepler motion

Abstract

Recently it was shown that the ratio of kinetic and potential energy at the perihelion of a Kepler orbit relates to the ellipse eccentricity. Here, a general expression for the that ratio at any position on the orbit is presented.

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