orbit - Two body transient solution

There is no transient part

In solving a linear ode y'' + ay' + by = f(x), one finds that the solution is the superimposition of a general solution of y''+ay'+by=0, and a particular solution of the ode. In the situation in which the ode represents damped harmonic motion, the general solution part is said to be transient. This is a particular solution to this ODE, and not a general technique for solving all differential equations, and does not apply to the ode that describes newtonian gravity.

However there is another way of solving the newtonian equations, in the case of a two body problem, and that is Kepler's laws of planetary motion. These give a complete solution, and there is not transient part. Given a body's initial state, you can immediately find it's orbit using Kepler's laws. The body will be in an elliptical orbit, and return to its starting point, having made one complete orbit.