Abstract
Astronomers in the nineteenth century found that the form of the Lagrange-Laplace equations for the perturbed Keplerian motion becomes very simple when the set of variables known as Delaunay variables,
is used (see [15]). Here, μ is the product of the gravitational constant and the mass of the central body, a the semi-major axis, e the orbital eccentricity and i the inclination of the orbit over the reference plane.
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(2007). The Hamilton-Jacobi Theory. In: Canonical Perturbation Theories. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 345. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38905-9_1
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