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Orbit Propagation

Orbit Propagation is the computational process of determining the future or past trajectory of a celestial or artificial body in space by applying dynamical models to its initial orbital state.

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The evolution of orbits of artificial satellites of planets under the action of gravitational perturbations of external bodies

M. L. Lidov · Planetary and Space Science · 1962 · 1.6K citations

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Orbital migration of the planetary companion of 51 Pegasi to its present location

D. N. C. Lin, Peter Bodenheimer, D. C. Richardson · Nature · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Rigorously computed orbits of dynamical systems without the wrapping effect

W. Kühn · Computing · 1998 · 327 citations

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Extended orbit modeling techniques at the CODE processing center of the international GPS service for geodynamics (IGS): theory and initial results

Gerhard Beutler, E. Bröckmann, W. Gurtner et al. · Manuscripta geodetica. · 1994 · 323 citations

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Guiding center drift equations

Allen H. Boozer · The Physics of Fluids · 1980 · 314 citations

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  1. DJ
    Daniel J. Scheeres

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    11 publications · 433 citations

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  2. AF
    A. F. B. A. Prado

    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil

    9 publications · 213 citations

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  3. CR
    Colin R. McInnes

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 327 citations

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  4. AJ
    Adrian Jäggi

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    8 publications · 530 citations

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  5. KC
    Kathleen C. Howell

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    7 publications · 264 citations

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Institutions

488

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    4.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    510 citations

  6. Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    538 citations

  7. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    536 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Acta Astronautica

    62 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

    65 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Advances in Space Research

    56 publications · 1.8K citations

    26

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  4. Icarus

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    39 publications · 1.3K citations

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