Introduction to Orbital Mechanics (Aerospace Division AD - Proceedings)

COVER......Page 1
INTRODUCTION TO
ORBITAL MECHANICS......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 12
1
THE CENTRAL FORCE PROBLEM......Page 16
2
THE CONIC SECTIONS......Page 27
3
POSITION IN SPACE......Page 47
4
THE DETERMINATION OF ORBITS......Page 84
5 FUNDAMENTALS OF PERTURBATION THEORY......Page 120
6
PERTURBATION IN THE ELEMENTS......Page 172
7
LAGRANGE'S AND HAMILTON'S EQUATIONS. APPLICATION TO MOVING COORDINATES......Page 209
8 THE METHOD OF
CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS......Page 242
9
HANSEN'S METHOD......Page 292
ENVOY......Page 326
APPENDICES......Page 330
A INDEPENDENT CALCULATIONS ASVERIFICATION. LAGRANGE'S PLANETARY EQUATIONS AND PERTURBATIONS FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL GRAVITY......Page 332
B THE EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC DRAG ON AN EARTH SATELLITE......Page 337
C COMMENTS ON THE EFFECT OF RADIATION PRESSURE......Page 344
D REVERSIBILITY OF CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS......Page 350
E THE JACOBI THEOREM......Page 352
F VARIATION OF CANONIC CONSTANTS......Page 354
SOME USEFUL CONSTANTS......Page 356
INDEX......Page 358