Satellite motion in a non-singular gravitational potential

DOI10.1007/S10509-010-0274-5zbMATH Open1187.85009arXiv1303.3204OpenAlexW2149803008MaRDI QIDQ973715FDOQ973715

Authors: Ioannis Haranas, Spiros D. Pagiatakis 

Publication date: 26 May 2010

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the effects of a non singular gravitational potential on satellite orbits by deriving the corresponding time rates of change of its orbital elements. This is achieved by expanding the non singular potential into power series up to second order. This series contains three terms, the first being the Newtonian potential and the other two, (first order term)and (second order term), express deviations of the singular potential from the Newtonian. These deviations from the Newtonian potential are taken as disturbing potential terms in the Lagrange planetary equations that provide the time rates of change of the orbital elements of a satellite in a non singular gravitational field. We split these effects into secular, low and high frequency components and we evaluate them numerically using the low Earth orbiting mission Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). We show that the secular effect of the second order disturbing term on the perigee and the mean anomaly are, 4.307 10^-9/a and -2.533 10^-15/a respectively. These effects, are far too small and most likely cannot easily be observed with todays technology. Numerical evaluation of the low and high frequency effects of the disturbing term on low Earth orbiters like GRACE are very small and undetectable by current observational means.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.3204

Recommendations

• Yukawa-type effects in satellite dynamics
• The motion of a satellite in a ring potential
• The motion of a satellite in an axi-symmetric gravitational field
• Nonsingular elements in description of the motion of small eccentricity and inclination satellites
• Long period variations of the motion of a satellite due to non-resonant tesseral harmonics of a gravity potential

zbMATH Keywords

disturbing potentialHansen coefficientsGRACEeccentricity functionsLagrange planetary equationsnon-singular potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Celestial mechanics (70F15)

Cites Work

• Theory of satellite geodesy. Applications of satellites to geodesy.
• A note on Hansen's coefficients in satellite theory

Cited In (15)

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Motion of a satellite with a variable mass distribution in a central field of Newtonian attraction
• An alternate transition from the Lagrangian of a satellite to equations of motion
• Nominal definition of satellite constellations under the Earth gravitational potential
• Motion of a small satellite in planar multibody surroundings
• Gravitational stabilization of a satellite using a movable mass
• Non-integrability of the problem of a rigid satellite in gravitational and magnetic fields
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Yukawa-type effects in satellite dynamics
• Satellite motion in a Manev potential with drag
• Analytical and semi-analytical treatment of the satellite motion in a resisting medium
• Yukawa-type potential effects in the anomalistic period of celestial bodies
• Satellite dynamics due to gravity and constant torques
• Poynting-Robertson effect in non-singular gravitational potential

This page was built for publication: Satellite motion in a non-singular gravitational potential

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q973715)