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Poynting-Robertson effect: ‘Circular’ orbit

✍ Scribed by J. Klačka; J. Kaufmannová

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
243 KB
Volume
59
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-0794

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✦ Synopsis

Time evolution of the interplanetary dust particle under the action of the solar electromagnetic radiation (Poynting-Robertson effect) is investigated. Evolution of the initially circular orbit in terms of the orbital elements present in the standard equations for their secular changes is considered. It is pointed out that the osculating eccentricity is practically constant during the motion in spite of generally accepted opinion that the standard equations for the secular changes of orbital elements represent time evolution of the osculating elements.

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