Abstract
The motion has been studied of a particle in a gravitational field perturbed by radiation pressure. By combining the formulation in the physical space variables with the KS variables we obtained explicit evidence for the existence of a surface of stable circular orbits with centers on an axis through the primary body. Furthermore, the effects of a sharp shadow on the two-dimensional unstable parabolic orbits were investigated. It was found that they do not survive the introduction of a shadow.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 353-370 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- KS variables
- Two-body problem
- radiation pressure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Mathematical Physics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics