Pseudo-Potential

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

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Definition

The effective potential function U in the rotating frame of the circular restricted three-body problem. Comprising gravitational potentials of both primaries and the centrifugal potential, it governs the non-Coriolis accelerations and its level surfaces form the zero-velocity surfaces.

References

• Renk et al., 2010, Exploration missions in the Sun-Earth-Moon system