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We have seen the complexity of the problem when more than two gravitating masses are involved. We have seen two methods of determining the orbits, Cowell’s and Encke’s methods . Now, let us look at the basic mathematical description of the perturbation problem.
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Gurfil, P., Seidelmann, P.K. (2016). General Perturbations Theory. In: Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50370-6_11
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