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The well-known twice-averaged Hill problem is considered by taking into account the oblateness of the central body. This problem has several integrable cases that have been studied qualitatively by many scientists, beginning with M.L. Lidov and Y. Kozai. However, no rigorous analytical solution can be obtained in these cases due to the complexity of the integrals. This paper is devoted to studying the case where the equatorial plane of the central body coincides with the plane of its orbital motion relative to the perturbing body, while the satellite itself moves in a polar orbit. A more detailed qualitative study is performed, and an approximate constructive-analytical solution of the evolution system in the form of explicit time dependences of the eccentricity and pericenter argument of the satellite orbit is proposed. The methodical accuracy for the polar orbits of lunar satellites has been estimated by comparison with the numerical solution of the system.
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Original Russian Text © M.A. Vashkov’yak, 2017, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2017, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 344–356.
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Vashkov’yak, M.A. Constructive-analytical solution of the problem of the secular evolution of polar satellite orbits. Sol Syst Res 51, 315–326 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094617040074
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