On the best mean-square approximations to a planet's gravitational potential

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Geopotential, Gravimetry, Planetary Gravitation, Spherical Harmonics, Approximation, Gravitational Fields, Legendre Functions, Mean Square Values, Polynomials, Stokes Theorem (Vector Calculus)

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The continuous problem of approximating the gravitational potential of a planet in the form of polynomials of solid spherical functions is considered. The best mean-square polynomials, referred to different parts of space, are compared with each other. The harmonic coefficients corresponding to the surface of a planet are shown to be unstable with respect to the degree of the polynomial and to differ from the Stokes constants.

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