2009/07/20 by Roman Ya. Kezerashvili, Kezerashvili, Roman Ya., Justin F. Vazquez-Poritz +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #History and Developments in Astronomy #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Space Physics (physics.space-ph) #gr-qc #physics.space-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0907.3311
6 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of the Sixth IAA Symposium on Realistic Near-Term Advanced Scientific Space Missions. Missions to the Outer Solar System and Beyond, pp. 37- 42, Aosta, Italy, 6-9 July, 2009
arxiv created 2009/07/20 · openalex publication_date 2009/07/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is shown that the curvature of spacetime, a possible net electric charge on the sun, a small positive cosmological constant and the oblateness of the sun, in conjunction with solar radiation pressure (SPR), affect the bound orbital motion of solar sails and lead to deviations from Kepler's third law for heliocentric and non-Keplerian orbits. With regards to the Lense-Thirring effect, the SRP increases the amount of precession per orbit for polar orbits. Non-Keplerian polar orbits exhibit an analog of the Lense-Thirring effect in which the orbital plane precesses around the sun.