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Bifurcation of frozen orbits in a gravity field with zonal harmonics

Mathematical Physics 2022-10-25 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We propose a methodology to study the bifurcation sequences of frozen orbits when the 2nd-order fundamental model of the satellite problem is augmented with the contribution of octupolar terms and relativistic corrections. The method is based on the analysis of twice-reduced closed normal forms expressed in terms of suitable combinations of the invariants of the Kepler problem, able to provide a clear geometric view of the problem.

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@article{arxiv.2210.12182,
  title  = {Bifurcation of frozen orbits in a gravity field with zonal harmonics},
  author = {Irene Cavallari and Giuseppe Pucacco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.12182},
  year   = {2022}
}