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The motion of artificial satellites in the gravitational field of an oblate body is discussed in the parametrized-post-Newtonian (PPN) framework with parameters β and γ. Analytical expressions for first order post-Newtonian short periodic, long periodic and secular perturbations of orbital elements are given.
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Soffel, M., Wirrer, R., Schastok, J. et al. Relativistic effects in the motion of artificial satellites: The oblateness of the central body I. Celestial Mechanics 42, 81–89 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01232949
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01232949