Symplectic Tangent Map for Planetary Motions

Author: Mikkola Seppo   Innanen Kimmo  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0923-2958

Source: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol.74, Iss.1, 1999-05, pp. : 59-67

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Abstract

Equations are presented for the computation of tangent maps for use in nearly Keplerian motion, approximated by use of a symplectic leapfrog map. The resulting algorithms constitute more accurate and efficient methods to obtain the Liapunov exponents and the state transition matrix, and can be used to study chaos in planetary motions, as well as in orbit determination procedures from observations. Applications include planetary systems, satellite motions and hierarchical, nearly Keplerian systems in general.