A general model of the planetary radiation pressure on a satellite with a complex shape

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Mar 1990

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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (ISSN 0923-2958), vol. 49, no. 1, 1990, p. 99-110.

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Planetary Radiation, Radiation Effects, Radiation Pressure, Spacecraft Configurations, Acceleration (Physics), Albedo, Solar Radiation, Thermal Emission

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The purpose of this paper is to present a general model for the acceleration exerted on a spacecraft by the radiation coming from a planet. Both the solar radiation reflected by the planet and the thermal emission associated with its temperature are considered. The planet albedo and the planet emissive power are expanded in spherical harmonics with respect to an equatorial reference frame attached to the planet. The satellite external surface is assumed to consist of a juxtaposition of planar surfaces. A particular choice of variables allows to reduce the surface integrals over the lit portion of the planet visible to the satellite to one-dimension integrals.

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