POST-NEWTONIAN EFFECTS IN THE MOTION OF THE NEAREST SATELLITES OF JUPITER

Boronenko T.S.

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In this article the possibility of measurement of post-Newtonian effects in the motion of close satellites of Jupiter is discussed. On an example of Jupiter's fth satellite Amalthea we study a question of, whether can be isolated the PN component of orbital precession of the satellite from much bigger Newtonian components. Results of researches have shown that all larger contributions of Newtonian perturbations can be modeled and subtracted out.

Keywords: celestial mechanics, perturbation theory, satellites dynamics, relativistic effects, Jupiter's satellites

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Issue: 13, 2012

Pages: 39 — 41

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