Analytical approximations to the generalization of the Kepler equation

  1. López, R. 2
  2. San-Juan, J.F. 3
  3. Hautesserres, D. 1
  1. 1 Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
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    Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

    París, Francia

    ROR https://ror.org/04h1h0y33

  2. 2 Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja
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    Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03vfjzd38

  3. 3 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Aldizkaria:
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

ISSN: 0065-3438

Argitalpen urtea: 2016

Alea: 156

Orrialdeak: 695-706

Mota: Artikulua

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Laburpena

The generalized Kepler equation is a transcendental non-linear equation which appears in the zonal problem of the artificial satellite theory when the Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky method is employed. In this work, the Lie-Deprit method is used to apply Lagrange's inversion theorem in order to solve the generalized Kepler equation. For small eccentricities, the analytical approximate solution yields similarly accurate results to numerical methods. For the rest of eccentricities, we discuss the applicability of this approximation as an initial guess in the numerical method used to solve the generalized Kepler equation.