Third-Order Solution of An Artificial-Satellite Theory
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- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Astronomical Union Colloquium
- Vol. 41, 241-257
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100062357
Abstract
A third-order solution is developed for the motions of artificial satellites moving in the gravitational field of the Earth, whose potential includes the second-, third-, and fourth-order zonal harmonics. Third-order periodic perturbations with fourth-order secular perturbations are derived by Hori’s perturbations method. All quantities are expanded into power series of the eccentricity, but the solution is obtained so as to be closed with respect to the inclination. A comparison with the results of numerical integration of the equations of motion indicates that the solution can predict the position of a close-earth satellite with a small eccentricity with an accuracy of better than 1 cm over 1 month.Keywords
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