Study on the perturbation of lunar and planetary orbiters
Abstract
A first order analytical orbit prediction software based on the stroboscopic method with equinoctial elements was developed. Only conservative disturbing forces are considered: the nonsphericity of the central body and the third body attraction. The first order equations of motion are analytically integrated over one revolution with a MACSYMA computerized algebraic utility. The obtained FORTRAN expressions are the foundations of the first version of the software which may be applied to the prediction of the orbit of lunar and planetary orbiters.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- November 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8433429H
- Keywords:
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- Orbit Perturbation;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Software Engineering;
- Space Shuttle Orbiters;
- Computer Programs;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Orbital Mechanics;
- Three Body Problem;
- Astrodynamics