The elements of an orbit are the parameters needed to specify that orbit uniquely, given a model of two point masses obeying the Newtonian laws of motion and the inverse-square law of gravitational attraction. Because there are multiple ways of parameterising a motion, depending on which set of variables you choose to measure, there are several different ways of defining sets of orbital elements, each of which will specify the same orbit.
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