Determining the Titus Series Scale Factor, and Predicting Stable Orbits
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Scientific Paper | |
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Title | Determining the Titus Series Scale Factor, and Predicting Stable Orbits |
Author(s) | Daniel J Klaphaak |
Keywords | stable orbital radii; planets, satellites |
Published | 1994 |
Journal | Galilean Electrodynamics |
Volume | 5 |
Number | 1 |
Pages | 13-22 |
Abstract
A method for predicting the stable orbital radii of planets orbiting stars or of satellites orbiting planets is presented. This method is based on a rationalized form of the Titius series, Xn - R = ABn in which the previously unpredictable scale factor, A, can be obtained using only the mass, radius, and equatorial velocity of the primary body in a given system. A is determined by substituting these three quantities in a relationship developed by dimensional analysis.