Orbital Motion in Outer Solar System
| dc.creator | Klacka, Jozef | |
| dc.creator | Gajdosik, Martin | |
| dc.date | 1999-10-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T21:17:42Z | |
| dc.description | Motion of a point mass in gravitational fields of the Sun and of the galactic disk is studied. Fundamental features of the motion are found by investigating the time-averaged differential equations for orbital evolution. Several types of possible orbits are mathematically exactly derived in a strictly analytical way. The relation $a^{3} ~ P^{2} = f (e_{0}, i_{0}, ω_{0})$ between semimajor axis a and period P of the change of osculating orbital elements is found (the index 0 denotes initial values of the quantities). Due to conservation of energy in potential fields a is a constant. Moreover, the component of angular momentum perpendicular to the galactic plane is conserved. Due to these facts the system of equations reduces to two equations for either (e, $ω$), or (i, $ω$) (the length of the ascending node does not enter the equations for a, e, i, $ω$ and is not solved here). | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910041 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910041 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/78124 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Orbital Motion in Outer Solar System | |
| dc.type | text |