On the third-body perturbations of high-altitude orbits
- Lara, M. 1
- San-Juan, J.F. 2
- López, L.M. 2
- Cefola, P.J. 3
- 1 Columnas de Hercules 1, 11100 San Fernando, Spain
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Universidad de La Rioja
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University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Búfalo, Estados Unidos
ISSN: 0923-2958
Año de publicación: 2012
Volumen: 113
Número: 4
Páginas: 435-452
Tipo: Artículo
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Resumen
The long-term effects of a distant third-body on a massless satellite that is orbiting an oblate body are studied for a high order expansion of the third-body disturbing function. This high order may be required, for instance, for Earth artificial satellites in the so-called MEO region. After filtering analytically the short-period angles via averaging, the evolution of the orbital elements is efficiently integrated numerically with very long step-sizes. The necessity of retaining higher orders in the expansion of the third-body disturbing function becomes apparent when recovering the short-periodic effects required in the computation of reliable osculating elements. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.