At 05:25 4/02/04, you wrote: >Hello all, >Has anyone out there ever implemented the Gaussian angles only orbit >determination method using f and g series in MathCAD? I followed the method >described in Bate-Mueller-White's Fundamentals of Astrodynamics but do not >get reasonable answers on use of it. In fact, even after checking my >nomenclature and implementation many times over I am still getting a trivial >answer if the declination of a satellite is zero for all three of the times >it is observed. The gaussian method fails in general when the points involved are on a great circle. This point is usually covered in celestial mechanics textbooks. The equator is a great circle. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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