A Chebyshev approximation to the earth's external gravipotential with internally unrestricted mass distribution

M. L. Juncosa, Roman Karol Chrzaszcz Johns

ResearchPublished 1965

An investigation of the earth's gravitational potential, utilizing spherical harmonic series whose coefficients are found using Chebyshev fitting criterion. The resulting approximations agree with comparable zonal and tesseral harmonic expansions, and the fewer coefficients yield computational advantages. An investigation of the earth's gravitational potential, utilizing spherical harmonic series whose coefficients are found using Chebyshev fitting criterion. The resulting approximations agree with comparable zonal and tesseral harmonic expansions, and the fewer coefficients yield computational advantages.

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Juncosa, M. L. and Roman Karol Chrzaszcz Johns, A Chebyshev approximation to the earth's external gravipotential with internally unrestricted mass distribution, RAND Corporation, RM-4677-PR, 1965. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4677.html
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Juncosa, M. L. and Roman Karol Chrzaszcz Johns, A Chebyshev approximation to the earth's external gravipotential with internally unrestricted mass distribution. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4677.html. Also available in print form.
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