Research Article

Hill Problem Analytical Theory to the Order Four: Application to the Computation of Frozen Orbits around Planetary Satellites

Table 1

Initial orbital elements of an elliptic frozen orbit for 𝜀 = 0 . 0 4 7 0 5 7 3 , 𝜎 = 0 . 4 2 2 6 1 8 .

Theory 𝑎 (Hill units) 𝑒 𝐼 (deg) 𝑔 (deg)

Classical 0 . 1 3 0 3 4 2 0 . 6 7 4 0 9 4 5 5 . 0 9 9 5 9 0 0 0
2nd order 0 . 1 3 0 3 4 2 0 . 6 4 8 0 6 5 5 5 . 6 9 1 5 9 0 0 0
3rd order 0 . 1 3 0 5 1 5 0 . 6 3 7 3 1 6 5 6 . 1 7 9 8 9 0 0 0
4th order 0 . 1 3 0 5 3 8 0 . 6 3 4 8 0 3 5 6 . 2 8 1 3 9 0 0 0