Trajectories of Artificial Celestial Bodies as Determined from Observations / Trajectoires des Corps Celestes Artificiels Déterminées D’après les Observations: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Paris, April 20–23, 1965

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
On the Use of the Results Obtained from Synchronous Observations of the Artificial Satellites of the Earth from the INTEROBS Programme for Scientific Purposes....Pages 1-5
Preliminary Analysis of INTEROBS Programme Observations....Pages 6-14
Determination of the Quasi-Nodal Period of the Satellite 1960 ε 3 from Simultaneous Visual Tracking Data....Pages 15-18
Evaluation of the Satellite Period on the Base of Simultaneous Visual Tracking from Two Given Stations....Pages 19-22
Some Orbit Determinations Using Visual and other Observations....Pages 23-32
A Method of Determination of the Major Axis of Artificial Earth Satellite Orbits Based on a Limited Number of Tracking Data....Pages 33-35
Étude Fine d’un Nombre Restreint d’Observations....Pages 36-43
Long-Range Analysis of Satellite Observations....Pages 44-52
Orbit Determination Using Linearized Differential Equations....Pages 53-64
Universal Variables....Pages 65-67
Sur le Développement du Potentiel de la Terre par les Fonctions de Lamé....Pages 68-74
The Effect of Precession of the Earth’s Axis of Rotation on the Motion of an Artificial Satellite....Pages 75-79
The Perturbations of the Orbital Elements Caused by the Pressure of the Radiation Reflected from the Earth....Pages 80-84
Radiation on a Satellite in the Presence of Partly Diffuse and Partly Specular Reflecting Body....Pages 85-150
Passive Spin Propulsion of Large Flexible Spherically Shaped Satellites by the Solar Radiation Field....Pages 151-163
Dynamical Considerations Associated with the Geometric Determination of Position from Satellites....Pages 164-173
Perturbed Motion of Satellites with Small Orbital Eccentricities....Pages 174-177
Computational Methods Employed with Doppler Observations and Derivation of Geodetic Results....Pages 178-193
A New Determination of the Even Zonal Harmonics of the Earth’s Gravitational Potential....Pages 194-194
A New Determination of Non-zonal Harmonics by Satellites....Pages 195-200
Estimation Problems in the Determination of the Even Zonal Harmonics of the External Potential of the Earth....Pages 201-208
Comment on a Comparison Study Now Underway of Minimum Variance vs. Conventional Least Squares Differential Correction....Pages 209-210
Investigation of the Conditions for Launching a Cometary Probe....Pages 211-215
Determination of the Masses of the Moon and Venus, and the Astronomical Unit from the Radio Tracking of Mariner II....Pages 216-246
Plans for Analysis of Lunar Satellite Orbits....Pages 247-260
Trajectories Around Both Masses in the Restricted Three Body Problem....Pages 261-261
Back Matter....Pages 262-265