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A Study of a Possible Method of Observing Solar Eclipses from Satellite Orbits

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We study a possibility of observing the eclipses of the Sun by the Moon from satellite orbits. The scientific tasks planned to be solved onboard satellites are considered. The requirements for the observation of eclipses and for the appropriate satellite trajectories are formulated. A technique of the analysis and synthesis of such trajectories is developed, and some results of preliminary ballistic studies are presented. These results confirm the efficiency of observing the eclipses onboard satellites.

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  1. Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, the Ionosphere, and the Radio-Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142092, Russia

    V. N. Oraevskii

  2. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    S. N. Kuznetsov

  3. Moscow State Institute of Aviation, Volokolamskoe sh. 4, Moscow, 125080, Russia

    V. V. Malyshev, V. E. Usachov & Yu. D. Tychinskii

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Oraevskii, V.N., Kuznetsov, S.N., Malyshev, V.V. et al. A Study of a Possible Method of Observing Solar Eclipses from Satellite Orbits. Cosmic Research 42, 23–31 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COSM.0000017558.17427.e7

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