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The 10 pages that link to Gravitational parameter, each with the reason it gives.

• Orbital eccentricityRelated: It enters the equations relating orbital energy and angular momentum to eccentricity.

• Orbital periodRelated: It captures the mass dependence in the period of a two-body orbit.

• Vis-viva equationRelated: It sets the strength of gravity in the equation.

• Hyperbolic trajectoryRelated: It sets the strength of the gravity shaping the trajectory.

• Specific orbital energyRelated: It sets the strength of the gravitational term in the energy formula.

• OrbitRelated: This single quantity sets orbital speeds and periods in the two-body approximation.

• Circular orbitRelated: It combines the central body's mass and gravity constant in circular-orbit calculations.

• Kepler's third lawRelated: The central mass fixes the proportionality constant in the general form of the law.

• Planetary massRelated: Orbital observations often measure this mass-linked quantity more directly than mass itself.

• Orbital energyRelated: It sets the strength of gravity in the standard orbital-energy formula.