Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1990
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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (ISSN 0923-2958), vol. 49, no. 1, 1990, p. 69-98.
Physics
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Albedo, Artificial Satellites, Orbital Mechanics, Planetary Radiation, Radiation Pressure, Satellite Orbits, Acceleration (Physics), Illuminating, Venus (Planet)
Scientific paper
The purpose of this paper is to present a model for the radiation pressure acceleration of a spherical satellite, due to the radiation reflected by a planet with a uniform albedo. A particular choice of variables allows one to reduce the surface integrals over the lit portion of the planet visible to the satellite to one-dimensional integrals. Exact analytical expressions are found for the integrals corresponding to the case where the spacecraft does not 'see' the terminator. The other integrals can be computer either numerically, or analytical in an approximate form. The results are compared with those of Lochry (1966). The model is applied to Magellan, a spacecraft orbiting Venus.
Borderies Nicole
Longaretti Pierre-Yves
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