Application of Hori technique in general planetory theory. I: First step (Q1118429)

We explain how the first step of Hori-Lie procedure is applied in general planetory theory to eliminate short-period terms. We extend the investigation to the third-order planetary theory. We solved the canonical equations of motion for secular and periodic perturbations by this method, and obtained the first integrals of the system of canonical equations. Also we showed the relation between the determining function in the sense of Hori and the determining function in the sense of Von Zeipel.