| Issue |
A&A
Volume 416, Number 3, March IV 2004
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 1187 - 1192 | |
| Section | Celestial mechanics and astrometry | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031747 | |
| Published online | 09 March 2004 | |
Analytical theory of the motion of Phobos: A comparison with numerical integration
Torun Centre for Astronomy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 11, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Corresponding author: piotr.waz@astri.uni.torun.pl
Received:
30
August
2002
Accepted:
25
November
2003
A new theory of the motion of Phobos – a moon of Mars – has been
presented. The theory is based on the problem of two fixed gravitational
centers. The analytical functions appearing in this model are expressed
as a series of the third order with respect to the J2 and
zonal harmonics of Mars. The interaction between
Phobos and Mars is described by a potential consisting of very
many elements. The zonal harmonics of order ≤12 and
tesseral harmonics of order ≤6 are taken into account. Interactions
of Phobos with the Sun, Jupiter, Deimos – another moon
of Mars, and the tidal potential of the Sun are also taken into account.
Key words: planets and satellites: individual: Phobos / methods: analytical
© ESO, 2004
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.