Accession Number:

AD0653078

Title:

AN ELEMENTARY DERIVATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EFFECTS OF THE OBLATENESS OF THE EARTH UPON THE ORBITS OF SATELLITES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. research paper,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Brock,John E.

Report Date:

1967-04-27

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

General formulas for the first-order effects of the oblateness of the Earth upon the orbits of satellites were reported in 1957 by R. E. Roberson and by D. G. King-Hele. Their derivations employed methods which are unfamiliar to those not having studied the mathematics of astronomy. In this Technical ReportResearch Paper No. 76, an elementary derivation is given for these useful and important results. Author

Descriptors:

• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• *ORBITS
• EARTH MODELS
• CELESTIAL MECHANICS
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Celestial Mechanics
• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE