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Orbit determination of space debris: admissible regions

Tommei, Giacomo and Milani, Andrea and Rossi, Alessandro (2007) Orbit determination of space debris: admissible regions. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 97 (4). pp. 289-304. ISSN 1572-9478

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    Abstract

    SUMMARY The main problem in the orbit determination of the space debris population orbiting our planet is identifying which separate sets of data belong to the same physical object. The observations of a given object during a passage above an observing station are collectively called a Too Short Arc (TSA): data from a TSA cannot allow for a complete determination of an orbit. Therefore, we have to solve first the identification problem, finding two or more TSAs belonging to the same physical object and an orbit fitting all the observations. This problem is well known for the determination of orbits of asteroids: we shall show how to apply the methods developed for preliminary orbit determination of heliocentric objects to geocentric objects. We shall focus on the definition of an admissible region for space debris, both in the case of optical observations and radar observations; then we shall outline a strategy to perform a full orbit determination.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: space debris, orbit determination, admissible region
    Subjects: Area09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione > ING-IND/03 - Meccanica del volo
    Area01 - Scienze matematiche e informatiche > MAT/07 - Fisica matematica
    Area02 - Scienze fisiche > FIS/05 - Astronomia e astrofisica
    Divisions: Dipartimenti (until 2012) > DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "L. TONELLI"
    Depositing User: Dr Giacomo Tommei
    Date Deposited: 11 May 2010
    Last Modified: 21 Dec 2010 13:43
    URI: http://eprints.adm.unipi.it/id/eprint/714

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