Asteroid mean elements: Higher order and iterative theories (Q1300660)

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    Asteroid mean elements: Higher order and iterative theories (English)
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    14 June 2001
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    The authors present an accurate and reliable algorithm to compute mean elements of asteroids. A satisfactory accurracy is obtained much closer to the strongest mean motion resonances. The fixed-point-based algorithm is iterative, with the first-order theory as an iteration step.
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    perturbations
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    fixed-point-based algorithm
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    iterations
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    mean elements of asteroids
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    strongest mean motion resonances
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    first-order theory
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