Recursion formulas of Legendre functions for use with nonsingular geopotential models

DOI10.2514/3.20266zbMath0657.70009OpenAlexW2026380445MaRDI QIDQ3805981

Bob E. Schutz, John B. Lundberg

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2514/3.20266

zbMATH Keywords

singularitiesgravitational potentialspherical harmonic modelderived Legendre functionsnumerical stability requirement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Statics (70C20)

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