Theory of Orbit Determination

Preface Part I. Problem Statement and Requirements: 1. The problem of orbit determination 2. Dynamical systems 3. Error models 4. The N-body problem Part II. Basic Theory: 5. Least squares 6. Rank deficiency Part III. Population Orbit Determination: 7. The identification problem 8. Linkage 9. Methods by Laplace and Gauss 10. Weakly determined orbits 11. Surveys 12. Impact monitoring Part IV. Collaborative Orbit Determination: 13. The gravity of a planet 14. Non-gravitational perturbations 15. Multi arc strategy 16. Satellite gravimetry 17. Orbiters around other planets References Index.

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