Computational tools to construct semi-analytical planetary theories
International Journal of Computer Mathematics - Recent Advances in Computational and Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering
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The main methods used to obtain analytical theories of perturbed motion in celestial mechanics are based on the expansion of the disturbing function in trigonometric series of the mean anomalies (or longitudes). In this paper a new method based on the double Fourier series expansion using the true anomalies (or longitudes) is developed. The method involves a semi-analytical technique to allow the expansion of the inverse of the distance with great accuracy, and a new integration technique using a linear combination of the true anomalies based on an iterative method to integrate each term of the expansion of the Lagrange planetary equations.