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Precise Analytical Computation of Frozen-Eccentricity, Low Earth Orbits in a Tesseral Potential
Joint Authors
López, Luis M.
San-Juan, Juan Félix
Lara, Martin
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Classical procedures for designing Earth’s mapping missions rely on a preliminary frozen-eccentricity orbit analysis.
This initial exploration is based on the use of zonal gravitational models, which are frequently reduced to a simple J2-J3 analysis.
However, the J2-J3 model may not be accurate enough for some applications.
Furthermore, lower order truncations of the geopotential are known to fail in describing the behavior of elliptic frozen orbits properly.
Inclusion of a higher degree geopotential, which also takes into account the short-period effects of tesseral harmonics, allows for the precise computation of frozen-eccentricity, low Earth orbits that show smaller long-period effects in long-term propagations than those obtained when using the zonal model design.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lara, Martin& San-Juan, Juan Félix& López, Luis M.. 2013. Precise Analytical Computation of Frozen-Eccentricity, Low Earth Orbits in a Tesseral Potential. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031728
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lara, Martin…[et al.]. Precise Analytical Computation of Frozen-Eccentricity, Low Earth Orbits in a Tesseral Potential. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031728
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lara, Martin& San-Juan, Juan Félix& López, Luis M.. Precise Analytical Computation of Frozen-Eccentricity, Low Earth Orbits in a Tesseral Potential. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031728
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1031728