Equations and their pronumerals

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I have been looking over the front cover equations on the Orbiter wiki (http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Front_Cover_Equations) and I would like to use them, but I haven't been able to find a list of what each pronumeral represents. Some are obvious enough, but I'm still unsure of a lot.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone could point me to a list or compile one.
 

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The basic ones:

r - radius
h - specific relative angular momentum
v - velocity
theta - true anomaly
e - eccentricity
a - semi-major axis
mu - standard gravitational parameter
T - orbital period

I think all the rest are explicitly spelt out. Let me know if I missed any.
 
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