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

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dc.contributor.advisorChamberlain, Joseph W.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDessler, A. J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDufour, Reginald J.
dc.creatorStentz, Henry Valentine
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:18:27Z
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:18:27Z
dc.date.issued1981
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).
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Sp. Sci. 1981 Stentz
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>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104181
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.titleSolar radiation pressure perturbations on satellite hydrogen atoms in the Earth's exosphere
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentSpace Science
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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