NOTE ON KEPLERS PROBLEM WITH VARIABLE ANGULAR-MOMENTUM

Authors
SHOUCRI RM
Citation
Rm. Shoucri, NOTE ON KEPLERS PROBLEM WITH VARIABLE ANGULAR-MOMENTUM, Celestial mechanics & dynamical astronomy, 63(2), 1995, pp. 199-203
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Celestial mechanics & dynamical astronomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09232958
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
199 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0923-2958(1995)63:2<199:NOKPWV>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Based on the equations of planar motion with drag used in point dynami cs, a simple derivation is presented that shows how a constant Kepleri an (elliptical) orbit can be obtained with a non-central force field a nd variable angular momentum.