
1. Keplerian movement
The Keplerian model, although highly simplified, can be used to determine a first approximation of a satellite's real motion. The main definitions and properties are recalled in this section.
1.1 Keplerian model
Keplerian motion is the solution to the two-body problem. It corresponds to a simplified ideal model assuming two particles M 1 and M 2 of respective masses m 1 and m 2 exerting between them the gravitational attraction force of expression :
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ephemeris ftp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/planets/
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