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Orbital Mechanics
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Secular Perturbations
Secular Perturbations
Long-term, non-periodic changes in orbital elements (e.g., precession of the nodes
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\dot{\Omega}
Ω
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or periapsis
ω
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\dot{\omega}
ω
˙
) that accumulate over many orbital periods due to constant or slowly varying forces.