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Mean Orbital Elements

Mean Orbital Elements is a mathematical construct within orbital mechanics that represents a set of smoothed orbital parameters derived from osculating elements by removing short-periodic perturbations to isolate long-term secular and periodic trends in satellite motion.

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104

The motion of a close earth satellite

Yoshihide Kozai · The Astronomical Journal · 1959 · 502 citations

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The Poynting-Robertson effect on meteor orbits

Stanley P. Wyatt, Fred L. Whipple · The Astrophysical Journal · 1950 · 416 citations

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Ionization Cross Sections of the Elements Calculated from Mean-Square Radii of Atomic Orbitals

Joseph B. Mann · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1967 · 394 citations

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State Transition Matrix of Relative Motion for the Perturbed Noncircular Reference Orbit

Dong-Woo Gim, Kyle T. Alfriend · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 2003 · 388 citations

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The orbital elements of W Ursae Majoris systems

L. Binnendijk · Vistas in Astronomy · 1970 · 359 citations

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Authors

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  1. RA
    Robert A. Jacobson

    Iowa State University, United States

    9 publications · 419 citations

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  2. BD
    Brian D. Mason

    United States Naval Observatory, United States

    5 publications · 631 citations

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  3. WI
    William I. Hartkopf

    United States Naval Observatory, United States

    5 publications · 631 citations

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  4. KT
    Kyle T. Alfriend

    Texas A&M University, United States

    4 publications · 641 citations

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  5. PG
    Pini GurŽfil

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    4 publications · 133 citations

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Institutions

191

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    760 citations

  2. United States Naval Observatory

    Flagstaff, United States

    7 h-index

    37 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    286 citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    884 citations

  5. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Haifa, Israel

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    189 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    136 citations

  8. Kitt Peak National Observatory

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    160 citations

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  1. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 22 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 7 publications · 716 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 139 citations

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