Earth albedo and the orbit of Lageos

DOI10.1007/BF01231110zbMath0611.70024MaRDI QIDQ3751074

Nelson R. Weiss, David Parry Rubincam

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

spherical harmonicspolynomial expansionlong-period perturbationsLambert's lawanalytical formalismEarth's albedoLageos' orbital semimajor axisorbit of Lageos satelliteSpecular refletionzonal albedo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

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