On the Evection Resonance and Its Connection to the Stability of Outer Satellites

In terms of stability around the primary, it is widely known that the semimajor axis of the retrograde satellites is much larger than the corresponding semimajor axis of the prograde satellites. Usually this conclusion is obtained numerically, since precise analytical derivation is far from being ea...

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Main Authors: Tadashi Yokoyama, Ernesto Vieira Neto, Othon Cabo Winter, Diogo Merguizo Sanchez, Pedro Ivo de Oliveira Brasil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/251978