Perturbation of a satellite orbiter by the oblateness of the primary planet

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1976 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Celestial Mechanics, volume 14, pages 341-349 (issn: 0008-8714, eissn: 1572-9478,

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Authors: Roth, E. A.;

doi: 10.1007/bf01228520

Perturbation of a satellite orbiter by the oblateness of the primary planet

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The perturbation of an orbiter around a large satellite of a giant planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune) produced by the oblateness of the planet is investigated. The perturbing force of theJ2-term (general case) and theJ4-term (special case of small eccentricity and inclination) is expanded in an appropriate form and the main term and the parallactic term are given explicitly. The variations of the orbital elements are derived using the stroboscopic method. An example shows that the perturbation of the orbit cannot be neglected.

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Celestial mechanics, Orbital mechanics

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