O the Secular Decrease in the Inclination of Artificial Satellites

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Jan 1963

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SAO Special Report #112 (1963)

Mathematics

Probability

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Merson and King-Hele noticed a marked decrease in the inclination of Sputnik 2 and suggested among the possible causes that of the rotation of the atmosphere. Wildhack studied the effect of the transverse atmospheric drag on the inclination and showed a secular decrease caused by atmospheric rotation. In view of the smallnes of this effect, he was skeptical that it could be used to obtain any definite information on winds and tides in the upper atmosphere. Sterne, however, from his analysis of the inclination of Sputnik 2, suggested the probability of an atmospheric wind blowing from west to east at about 13 mph, at heights between 150 and 250 km. Utilizing the increased accuracy in the orbital elements that has become available in the past 4 years, the results of this Special Report appear to suggest winds moving at high speeds in the upper atmosphere.

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