Four classical methods for determining planetary elliptic elements: a comparison

DOI10.1007/S10569-005-8663-8MaRDI QIDQ816920zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alessandra Celletti, Gabriella Pinzari

Publication date 2 March 2006

Published in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-005-8663-8

zbMATH Keywords

Laplace's methodorbit determinationGauss' methodMossotti's method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) Celestial mechanics (70F15)

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