Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jun 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984ragb.nasaq....r&link_type=abstract
In its Res. Activities of the Geodyn. Branch 2 p (SEE N84-30455 20-42)
Statistics
Computation
Lageos (Satellite), Radiation Pressure, Satellite Orbits, Solar Eclipses, Accuracy, Computer Programs, Geodynamics, Lunar Shadow, Orbit Calculation, Penumbras
Scientific paper
The objective was to assess the importance of solar eclipses on Lageos' orbit. Solar radiation pressure perturbs the orbit of the Lageos satellite. The GEODYN orbit determination computer program includes solar radiation pressure as one of the forces operating on the satellite as it integrates the orbit. GEODYN also takes into account the extinction of sunlight when Lageos moves into the Earth's shadow. The effect of solar eclipses on the semimajor axis of Lageos' orbit was computed analytically by assuming Lageos to be in a circular orbit, the Sun and the Moon to be in the plane of the orbit, and the Moon to be stationary in the sky in front of the Sun. Also, the magnitude of the radiation pressure is assumed to be linearly related to the angular separation of the Sun and Moon, and that Lageos is a perfect absorber of radiation. The computation indicates that an eclipse of the Sun by the Moon as seen by Lageos can affect the semimajor axis at the 1 centimeter (1 cm) level. Such a change is significant enough to include in GEODYN, in order to get an accurate orbit for Lageos.
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