Effect of 3rd-degree gravity harmonics and Earth perturbations on lunar artificial satellite orbits

DOI10.1007/S10569-010-9313-3zbMath1223.70102OpenAlexW2115368174MaRDI QIDQ642413

S. Tzirti, Harry Varvoglis, Kleomenis Tsiganis

Publication date: 26 October 2011

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-010-9313-3

zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbitscritical inclination3rd-body effect3rd-degree gravity coefficientsfrozen satellite orbitslunar artificial satellites

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orbital mechanics (70M20)

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