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The spheroidal shape of the Earth causes a deviation of the absolute period, i.e. the time required to pass through 360°, from the Kepler period of an Earth satellite.
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© 1989 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig
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Rimrott, F.P.J. (1989). Orbital Periods. In: Introductory Orbit Dynamics. Fundamentals and Advances in the Engineering Sciences / Grundlagen und Fortschritte der Ingenieurwissenschaften. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90338-9_8
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