Relativistic effects in the critical inclination problem in artificial satellite theory

✍ Scribed by A. H. Jupp; V. A. Brumberg

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 470 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1572-9478
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00048450

✦ Synopsis

It is well known that in artifical satellite theory special techniques must be employed to construct a formal solution whenever the orbital inclination is sufficiently close to the critical value cos -1 (i/v/5). In this article the authors investigate the consequences of introducing certain relativistic effects into the motion of a satellite about an oblate primary. Particular attention is paid to the critical inclination(s), and for such critical motions an appropriate method of solution is formulated.