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Recurrence relations are derived for the Eccentricity FunctionsG andH and their derivatives, as they appear in the evaluation of geopotential and third body perturbations of an artificial satellite.
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Giacaglia, G.E.O. A note on Hansen's coefficients in satellite theory. Celestial Mechanics 14, 515–523 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01229062
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01229062