Expansion of the force function for the mutual gravitation of two rigid bodies of arbitrary shape in a series of spherical harmonic functions

Authors
Vidyakin, VV Popova, IG
Citation
Vv. Vidyakin et Ig. Popova, Expansion of the force function for the mutual gravitation of two rigid bodies of arbitrary shape in a series of spherical harmonic functions, ASTRON REP, 43(6), 1999, pp. 412-416
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY REPORTS
ISSN journal
10637729 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
412 - 416
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7729(199906)43:6<412:EOTFFF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A series expansion of the force function for the mutual gravitation of two arbitrarily shaped rigid bodies is considered. The constants C-nk and S-nk are used as coefficients of the series. The first five terms of the series are presented in explicit form.