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