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Orbit Decay

Orbit Decay is the gradual reduction in the altitude of a satellite's orbit due to atmospheric drag and other perturbative forces, ultimately leading to re-entry or disintegration.

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2017–2026

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Orbital Decay

Parents

Publications

54

Transformations of Galaxies. II. Gasdynamics in Merging Disk Galaxies

Joshua E. Barnes, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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MSU Tropospheric Temperatures: Dataset Construction and Radiosonde Comparisons

John R. Christy, Roy W. Spencer, William D. Braswell · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · 2000 · 267 citations · Full text

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Reducing orbital eccentricity in binary black hole simulations

Harald Pfeiffer, D. Brown, Lee Lindblom et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2007 · 208 citations · Full text

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The Orbit of WASP-12b Is Decaying

Samuel W. Yee, Joshua N. Winn, Kishore C. Patra et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2019 · 173 citations · Full text

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The Apparently Decaying Orbit of WASP-12b

The Astronomical Journal · 2017 · 162 citations · Full text

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Authors

144

  1. CP
    Carmen Pardini

    Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo", Italy

    3 publications · 65 citations

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  2. LA
    Luciano Anselmo

    Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo", Italy

    3 publications · 65 citations

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  3. GX
    G. X. Chen

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  4. KC
    Kishore C. Patra

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 312 citations

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  5. JX
    Jiyao Xu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 130 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    649 citations

  2. National Space Science Center

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    260 citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    312 citations

  4. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    260 citations

  5. The Aerospace Corporation

    El Segundo, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    65 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    304 citations

  7. IIT@MIT

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    624 citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 11 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 229 citations

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  3. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)

    Repository · 3 publications · 49 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

    2 publications · 81 citations

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