The libration of a satellite caused by the tidal field of its planet

DOI10.1007/BF01227491zbMath0579.70013MaRDI QIDQ3702551

Michele Caputo

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Celestial Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

satellitesprecessionlibrationsecond order zonal harmonictidal fieldWeyl's principle of local action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20)

Cites Work

• Theory of the libration of the moon
• Orientation of the moon by numerical integration
• The physical librations of the moon, including higher harmonic effects

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