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The geopotential in nonsingular orbital elements

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The geopotential expansion is givenentirely in terms of nonsingular orbital elements. The expansion and its derivatives are valid for zero eccentricity and inclination. The development begins with the geopotential expansion in singular, classical elements as given by Izsak (1964), Allan (1965) and Kaula (1966). The singular geopotential is then transformed into a nonsingular set of elements

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  1. University of Texas, Austin, Tex., USA

    P. E. Nacozy

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., USA

    S. S. Dallas

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Nacozy, P.E., Dallas, S.S. The geopotential in nonsingular orbital elements. Celestial Mechanics 15, 453–466 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228611

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