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Satellite prediction formulae for Vinti's model

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For Vinti's dynamical problem, there is proposed a new form of solution wherein all three coordinates are expressed in terms of one independent variable. The formulae for the three co-ordinates are clear generalizations of the corresponding formulae for the Kepler problem while the independent variable corresponds to the true anomaly. The solution is completed by the relation connecting the independent variable with time: the latter is a generalization of the well known Kepler time-angle relationship. From the form and method of solution the main qualitative features of the motion are readily derived.

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    Diarmuid O'Mathuna

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O'Mathuna, D. Satellite prediction formulae for Vinti's model. Celestial Mechanics 1, 467–478 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231144

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