RESOLVING THE PERICENTER
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The Wisdom–Holman mapping method and its variations have become a mainstay of research in solar system dynamics. But the method is not without its limitations. Rauch & Holman noted that at large eccentricities sufficiently small steps must be taken to resolve the pericenter. In this paper, I explore in more detail what it means to resolve the pericenter.
Date issued
2015-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesJournal
The Astronomical Journal
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Citation
Wisdom, Jack. “RESOLVING THE PERICENTER.” The Astronomical Journal 150, no. 4 (September 29, 2015): 127. © 2015 The American Astronomical Society
Version: Final published version
ISSN
1538-3881
0004-6256