Long-term evolution of orbits about a precessing oblate planet. I: The case of uniform precession (Q1776092)
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Long-term evolution of orbits about a precessing oblate planet. I: The case of uniform precession (English)
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20 May 2005
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According to the long time before established analytical theory of an artificial (and natural as well) satellite moving in a near equatorial orbit in the gravitational field of an oblate planet it has only small oscillations in the inclination of the orbit. The author points out a possibility to emerge a resonance between a satellite's orbiting frequency and certain frequencies in the planet axis' precession and as a result to cause a secular angular drift of the satellite orbit away from the planetary equator. Required mathematical formalism and the key aspects of the dynamics are described in the article.
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two body problem
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celestial mechanics
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near-equatorial satellites of oblate planets
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contact orbital elements
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