TITLE:
Analytical Third Order Solution for Coupling Effects of Earth Oblateness and Direct Solar Radiation Pressure on the Motion of Artificial Satellites
AUTHORS:
Hadia Hassan Selim
KEYWORDS:
Earth Oblateness-Solar Radiation Pressure-Artificial Satellites
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Vol.4 No.3,
September
16,
2014
ABSTRACT: Coupling effects of Earth
oblateness and direct solar radiation pressure on the motion of an artificial
satellite are evaluated. Secular and periodic terms are retained up to order
three and two respectively, where the coefficient of the second zonal harmonic of
the geopotential is considered of first order. The solution revealed the
existence of secular terms at order three that arises from the couplings
between terms, of lower orders, resulting from the solar radiation pressure.