Earth albedo and the orbit of Lageos

DOI10.1007/BF01231110zbMATH Open0611.70024MaRDI QIDQ3751074FDOQ3751074

Authors: David Parry Rubincam, Nelson R. Weiss 

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Celestial Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

spherical harmonicspolynomial expansionlong-period perturbationsLambert's lawanalytical formalismEarth's albedoLageos' orbital semimajor axisorbit of Lageos satelliteSpecular refletionzonal albedo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08)

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