Semi-analytical estimates for the orbital stability of Earth's satellites

DOI10.1007/S00332-021-09738-WMaRDI QIDQ2239306zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Irene De Blasi, Alessandra Celletti, C. Efthymiopoulos

Publication date 3 November 2021

Published in Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.05340

zbMATH Keywords

stabilitynormal formsspace debrissatellite dynamicsorbital lifetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Qualitative investigation and simulation of ordinary differential equation models (34C60) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20)

Abstract: Normal form stability estimates are a basic tool of Celestial Mechanics for characterizing the long-term stability of the orbits of natural and artificial bodies. Using high-order normal form constructions, we provide three different estimates for the orbital stability of point-mass satellites orbiting around the Earth. i) We demonstrate the long term stability of the semimajor axis within the framework of the $J_2$ problem, by a normal form construction eliminating the fast angle in the corresponding Hamiltonian and obtaining $H_{J_2}$ . ii) We demonstrate the stability of the eccentricity and inclination in a secular Hamiltonian model including lunisolar perturbations (the 'geolunisolar' Hamiltonian $H_{gls}$), after a suitable reduction of the Hamiltonian to the Laplace plane. iii) We numerically examine the convexity and steepness properties of the integrable part of the secular Hamiltonian in both the $H_{J_2}$ and $H_{gls}$ models, which reflect necessary conditions for the holding of Nekhoroshev's theorem on the exponential stability of the orbits. We find that the $H_{J_2}$ model is non-convex, but satisfies a 'three-jet' condition, while the $H_{gls}$ model restores quasi-convexity by adding lunisolar terms in the Hamiltonian's integrable part.

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