Analytical linear perturbation theory for highly eccentric satellite orbits

Eugene Brumberg, Victor A. Brumberg, Thomas Konrad, Michael Soffel

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 61(4), 369-387 (1995)

Keywords: Satellite motion, Kaula's theory, elliptic anomaly

Abstract

Kaula's satellite linear perturbation theory has been extended for the case of highly eccentric orbits by using elliptic function expansions.