The theory of canonical perturbations applied to attitude dynamics and to the Earth rotation. Osculating and nonosculating Andoyer variables

DOI10.1007/S10569-007-9080-YMaRDI QIDQ2641623zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Efroimsky, Alberto Escapa

Publication date 21 August 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506427

zbMATH Keywords

Andoyer elemetsAndoyer variablesAttitude dynamicsAttitude mechanicsCanonical perturbation theoryEarth rotationEuler-Poinsot problemHamiltonian theory of the Earth rotationKinoshita theory of the Earth rotationKinoshita-Souchay theory of the Earth rotationNonosculationOsculationPoinsot problemRight-body dynamicsRigid-body mechanicsRigid-body rotation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbation methods for rigid body dynamics (70E20) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Orbital mechanics (70M20)

Abstract: The Hamiltonian theory of Earth rotation, known as the Kinoshita-Souchay theory, operates with nonosculating Andoyer elements. This situation parallels a similar phenomenon that often happens (but seldom gets noticed) in orbital dynamics, when the standard Lagrange-type or Delaunay-type planetary equations unexpectedly render nonosculating orbital elements. In orbital mechanics, osculation loss happens when a velocity-dependent perturbation is plugged into the standard planetary equations. In attitude mechanics, osculation is lost when an angular-velocity-dependent disturbance is plugged in the standard dynamical equations for the Andoyer elements. We encounter exactly this situation in the theory of Earth rotation, because this theory contains an angular-velocity-dependent perturbation (the switch from an inertial frame to that associated with the precessing ecliptic of date). While the osculation loss does not influence the predictions for the figure axis of the planet, it considerably alters the predictions for the instantaneous spin-axis' orientation. We explore this issue in great detail.

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