A MODIFICATION OF GAUSS' METHOD FOR PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF A CELESTIAL BODY'S ORBIT

A modification of classical Gauss’ method for determination of Keplerian elements from the observed positions is considered in this paper. The modification involves the exhaustive enumeration of all possible orbital plane positions in order to improve the method’s reliability. It has been shown that...

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Main Author: A. A. Bazyey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2016-06-01
Series:Odessa Astronomical Publications
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Online Access:http://oap.onu.edu.ua/article/view/70614