Abstract
SEVERAL formulæ have been published recently for calculating the effect of air resistance on orbits of artificial Earth satellites. The latest and most complete are by King-Hele and Leslie1. Nearly all these formulæ are valid over a somewhat limited range of eccentricity and are based on a spherical Earth. The effect of ellipticity is by no means negligible and can be corrected for without much additional complication.
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King-Hele, D. G., and Leslie, D. C. M., Nature, 181, 1761 (1958).
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BOSANQUET, C. Scale Height of the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 182, 1010–1011 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821010a0
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