Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9506924 Applied Mathematics and Computation 2005 21 Pages PDF
Abstract
The changes of the orbital motion of an Earth artificial satellite caused by the terrestrial infrared radiation pressure are studied. The infrared radiation is described as a series of spherical harmonics. Terms are retained up to second order. The expressions for the disturbing force components are obtained. The changes of all orbital elements are given together with numerical examples. The comparison of the computed magnitudes of the disturbing force with observed data shows good agreement.
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