Sun-synchronous orbits near critical inclination

DOI10.1007/BF01230515zbMath0467.70030OpenAlexW2072320246MaRDI QIDQ3920708

Michael E. Hough

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01230515

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationgravitational perturbationscritical inclinationSun-synchronous orbitsvon Zeipel's methodeffect of direct solar radiation pressureinfinitesimal stability of equilibrium solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Averaging method for ordinary differential equations (34C29) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99) Generalized coordinates; event, impulse-energy, configuration, state, or phase space for problems in mechanics (70G10)

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