V. I. Nikonov, “Multipole representation of the gravitational field for asteroid (16) Psyche”, Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz., 2023, Volume 63, Number 12,Page 2160

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Partial Differential Equations

Multipole representation of the gravitational field for asteroid (16) Psyche

V. I. Nikonov^ab

^a Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Vavilova st., 44/2, Russia
^b Moscow Center of Fundamental and Applied Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Leninskie Gory st., 1, Russia

Abstract: An approach to calculating multipole approximations of the gravitational potential of small celestial bodies with an irregular mass distribution is demonstrated for the asteroid (16) Psyche as an example.

Key words: gravitational field approximation, asteroids, Maxwellian representation of a spherical function, multipole.

UDC: 517.93

Received: 08.07.2023
Revised: 26.07.2023
Accepted: 22.08.2023

Language: English

DOI: 10.31857/S0044466923120219