A fast and accurate universal Kepler solver without Stumpff series

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Wisdom, Jack; Hernandez, David Michael
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A fast and accurate universal Kepler solver without Stumpff series
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Abstract
We derive and present a fast and accurate solution of the initial value problem for Keplerian motion in universal variables that does not use the Stumpff series. We find that it performs better than methods based on the Stumpff series.
Date issued
2015-09
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108016
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
Wisdom, Jack and Hernandez, David M. “A Fast and Accurate Universal Kepler Solver Without Stumpff Series.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 453, no. 3 (September 3, 2015): 3016–3024.
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0035-8711
1365-2966
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