Frozen orbits for the zonal moon potential
- Elipe, A. 1
- Lanchares, V. 2
- Lara, M. 3
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Universidad de Zaragoza
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Universidad de La Rioja
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- 3 Real Inst. y Observ. de la Armada, E-11110 San Fernando, Spain
ISSN: 0065-3438
Year of publication: 1996
Volume: 93 PART 1
Pages: 621-632
Type: Article
More publications in: Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
Abstract
For the zonal problem of the Moon considering up to the J7 harmonic, we found several families of periodic orbits. The strong differences between the Moon and other cases (Earth-like planets) is mainly due to the magnitude of the zonal harmonic J7, that in this case is of the same magnitude that J2.