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- Title
Analytical solutions for J-perturbed unbounded equatorial orbits.
- Authors
Martinusi, Vladimir; Gurfil, Pini
- Abstract
While solutions for bounded orbits about oblate spheroidal planets have been presented before, similar solutions for unbounded motion are scarce. This paper develops solutions for unbounded motion in the equatorial plane of an oblate spheroidal planet, while taking into account only the J harmonic in the gravitational potential. Two cases are distinguished: A pseudo-parabolic motion, obtained for zero total specific energy, and a pseudo-hyperbolic motion, characterized by positive total specific energy. The solutions to the equations of motion are expressed using elliptic integrals. The pseudo-parabolic motion unveils a new orbit, termed herein the fish orbit, which has not been observed thus far in the perturbed two-body problem. The pseudo-hyperbolic solutions show that significant differences exist between the Keplerian flyby and the flyby performed under the the J zonal harmonic. Numerical simulations are used to quantify these differences.
- Subjects
PLANETS; ELLIPTIC integrals; EQUATORIAL satellites; ASTRONOMICAL perturbation; ZONAL polynomials
- Publication
Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy, 2013, Vol 115, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0923-2958
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10569-012-9450-y