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How the variables are used (& re-used) on some of the pages I refer to.

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Kind of cheesy name, but what the heck.

force
mass of objects 1 & 2
gravitational constant
distance (scalar)
distance (scalar)
displacement (vector)
kinetic energy
work
potential energy
gravitational force
mechanical energy
arbitrary vectors
their magnitudes
the angle between and
complement of α
velocity,
speed
time
specific mechanical energy
momentum
angular momentum
specific angular momentum,
arbitrary vectors
vector constant of integration
angle between and
semilatus rectum
semimajor axis
(distance between foci)/2
directrix of a conic section
distance between directrix and focus
angle to
eccentricity
distance at periapsis and apoapsis
velocity/speed at periapsis and apoapsis
mass of objects 1 & 2
radius of objects 1 & 2
reduced mass
displacement from body 1 to body 2,
momentum
distance between bodies,
gravitational constant
angular momentum,
angular momentum per mass,
magnitude of
angle from arbitrary direction
area
time
orbital energy
specific energy
Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector,
eccentricity
velocity/speed
semilatus rectum
arbitrary constant
arbitrary constant
semimajor axis
argument of pericenter