Volume 333, Issue 8 pp. 774-783
Original Paper

The significance of the Hansen Ideal space frame

E.F.M. Jochim

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E.F.M. Jochim

German Aerospace Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany

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First published: 04 October 2012
Citations: 4

Abstract

Known and unknown properties of Hansen Ideal coordinates are summarized. It is shown that the ideal space frame is a general and necessary component of basic celestial mechanics and astrodynamics, as well as of any theory of motion. A typical consequence is the intimate correlation of the Hansen frame with the Lagrange constraint within the method of the variation of the parameters. The use of observations in the ideal frame may allow conclusions on the intergalactic fundamental coordinate system (© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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