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In celestial mechanics Lambert's problem is concerned with the determination of an orbit from two position vectors and the time of flight, solved by Johann Heinrich Lambert. It has important applications in the areas of rendezvous, targeting, guidance, and preliminary orbit determination.〔E. R. Lancaster & R. C. Blanchard, (''A Unified Form of Lambert’s Theorem'' ), Goddard Space Flight Center, 1968〕 Suppose a body under the influence of a central gravitational force is observed to travel from point ''P1'' on its conic trajectory, to a point ''P2'' in a time ''T''. The time of flight is related to other variables by Lambert’s theorem, which states: :''The transfer time of a body moving between two points on a conic trajectory is a function only of the sum of the distances of the two points from the origin of the force, the linear distance between the points, and the semimajor axis of the conic.''〔James F. Jordon, (''The Application of Lambert’s Theorem to the Solution of Interplanetary Transfer Problems'' ), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1964〕 Stated another way, Lambert's problem is the boundary value problem for the differential equation : of the two-body problem for which the Kepler orbit is the general solution. The precise formulation of Lambert's problem is as follows: Two different times and two position vectors are given. Find the solution satisfying the differential equation above for which : : ==Initial geometrical analysis== The three points ; : The centre of attraction ; : The point corresponding to vector ; : The point corresponding to vector form a triangle in the plane defined by the vectors and as illustrated in figure 1. The distance between the points and is , the distance between the points and is and the distance between the points and is . The value is positive or negative depending on which of the points and that is furthest away from the point . The geometrical problem to solve is to find all ellipses that go through the points and and have a focus at the point The points , and define a hyperbola going through the point with foci at the points and . The point is either on the left or on the right branch of the hyperbola depending on the sign of . The semi-major axis of this hyperbola is and the eccentricity is . This hyperbola is illustrated in figure 2. Relative the usual canonical coordinate system defined by the major and minor axis of the hyperbola its equation is : with : For any point on the same branch of the hyperbola as the difference between the distances to point and to point is For any point on the other branch of the hyperbola corresponding relation is i.e. : But this means that the points and both are on the ellipse having the focal points and and the semi-major axis : The ellipse corresponding to an arbitrary selected point is displayed in figure 3. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lambert's problem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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