Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44..651c&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 44, Dec. 1980, p. 651-656. NSF-NASA-supported research.
Computer Science
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Ecliptic, Exosphere, Orbit Perturbation, Orbital Elements, Radiation Pressure, Hydrogen Atoms, Kepler Laws, Measure And Integration, Solar Radiation
Scientific paper
A previous study (Chamberlain, 1979) gave solutions for the mean time rates of change of orbital elements of satellite atoms in an exosphere influenced by solar radiation pressure; each element was assumed to behave independently. In the present paper, the instantaneous rates of changes for three elements (e, Omega, and phi = omega + Omega) are integrated simultaneously for the case of the inclination i = 0. The results confirm the validity of using mean rates when the orbits are tighly bound to the planet, and serve as examples to be reproduced by the complicated numerical solutions required for arbitrary inclination. Strongly bound hydrogen atoms perturbed in earth orbit by radiation pressure do not seem a likely cause of the geotail extending in the anti-sun direction. Instead, radiation pressure will cause those particles' orbits to form a broad fan-shaped tail and to deteriorate into the earth's atmosphere.
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