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An analytical treatment of resonance effects on satellite orbits

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A first order analytical approximation of the tesseral harmonic resonance perturbations of the Keplerian elements is presented, and the mean elements (the Keplerian elements with the long period portions averaged out) will also be given in closed form. Finally the results of a numerical test, which compares the analytical solution against a numerical integration of the Lagrange equations of motion, will be summarized.

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  1. Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02173-0073, Lexington, Ma

    Mark T. Lane

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This work was sponsored with the support of the Department of the Air Force under contract F19628-85-C-0002.

The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government.

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Lane, M.T. An analytical treatment of resonance effects on satellite orbits. Celestial Mechanics 42, 3–38 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01232946

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