Accession Number:
AD0649705
Title:
THE ORBITS OF LUNAR SATELLITES: AN INTRODUCTION.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (ENGLAND)
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1966-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
23.0
Abstract:
Present knowledge of the Moons gravitational field is briefly reviewed. The Report then describes the main perturbations of the orbit of a lunar satellite caused by low-order terms in the lunar gravitational potential and by the Earth. Techniques for investigating the lunar potential are outlined. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry