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The motion of a satellite in resonance with the second-degree sectorial harmonic

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The solution to the motion of a satellite in an eccentric orbit and in resonance with the second-degree sectorial harmonic of the potential field is developed. The method of solution used parallels the well known von Zeipel method of general perturbations. The solution consists of expressions for the variations of the Delaunay variables. These expressions are composed of the perturbations developed by Brouwer in 1959 for the motion of an artificial satellite plus first-order perturbations due to the second-degree sectorial harmonic (in terms of the Legendre normal elliptic integrals of the first and second kind).

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 91103, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

    S. S. Dallas & R. E. Diehl

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This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Dallas, S.S., Diehl, R.E. The motion of a satellite in resonance with the second-degree sectorial harmonic. Celestial Mechanics 16, 97–121 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01235733

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