The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 1957 10(4):494-499; doi:10.1093/qjmam/10.4.494
© 1957 by Oxford University Press
ON FREE MOTION IN THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF THE EARTH
G. C. SCORGIE
(
(Calcot, Nr. Reading)
)
A literal approximate solution is given for the motion of a particle in the earth's gravitational field as modified by ellipticity of the figure of the earth. In particular, the resulting torsion of the path is calculated.

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