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Posted by David Williams on May 28, 2006, 9:37 pm
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-> >Since the rotational angular velocity of the satellite is constant,
-> >this implies that its orbital angular velocity around the empty focus
-> >is also constant...
-> >...when I get a chance (which won't be until next week), I'll do some
-> >calculations or simulations - unless someone else does them first.
-> No need. The book's derivation is in a section discussing useful
-> approximations for orbits with small eccentricities. It's not an
-> exact result; it works only if terms involving e^2 are negligible.
That's basically what I suspected.
Good! I needn't strain my jet-lagged brain by trying to do the
calculations.
dow
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