Solar radiation pressure perturbations on satellite hydrogen atoms in the Earth's exosphere

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dc.contributor.advisorChamberlain, Joseph W.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDessler, A. J.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDufour, Reginald J.en_US
dc.creatorStentz, Henry Valentineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:18:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:18:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.description.abstractThe following study investigates the effects of radiation pressure on H-atoms in the earth's exosphere. The exosphere is regarded as collisionless, permitting the atoms to be treated as particles in orbit about the earth obeying the laws of celestial mechanics. Attention is restricted to a class of atoms called satellites, whose initial orbital parameters place them in Keplerian satellite orbits, as distinguished from captive atoms whose orbits intersect the exobase (ballistic particles) and those which escape on hyperbolic trajectories. The evolution of these satellite orbits under the perturbing force of radiation pressure is determined by numerically integrating the classical perturbation equations for the orbital elements. These equations express the rates of change of the standard orbital elements in terms of the other elements and the vector components of a perturbing force. Results are presented graphically and compared with analytical results from a paper by Chamberlain (1979).en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Sp. Sci. 1981 Stentzen_US
dc.identifier.citationStentz, Henry Valentine. "Solar radiation pressure perturbations on satellite hydrogen atoms in the Earth's exosphere." (1981) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104181">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104181</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE1808en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104181en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleSolar radiation pressure perturbations on satellite hydrogen atoms in the Earth's exosphereen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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