Orbital Elements Evolution Due to a Perturbing Body in an Inclined Elliptical Orbit

Autor: W. A. Rahoma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Vol 31, Iss 3, Pp 199-204 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2093-5587
2093-1409
DOI: 10.5140/JASS.2014.31.3.199
Popis: This paper intends to highlight the effect of the third-body in an inclined orbit on a spacecraft orbiting the primary mass. To achieve this goal, a new origin of coordinate is introduced in the primary and the X-axis toward the node of the spacecraft. The disturbing function is expanded up to the second order using Legendre polynomials. A double-averaged analytical model is exploited to produce the evolutions of mean orbital elements as smooth curves.
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