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A trajectory is the path a moving object follows through space. The object might be a projectile or a satellite, for example. It thus includes the meaning of orbit - the path of a planet, an asteroid or a comet as it travels around a central mass. A trajectory can be described mathematically either by the geometry of the path, or as the position of the object over time. In control theory a trajectory is a time-ordered set of states of a dynamical system (see for example Poincaré map). In d… (More on Trajectory)
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