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jsandberg
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Homework Statement
The orbital elements (a,e,i,w,Omega,f) are to be integrated forward in time using two methods: 1) Cowell's method, which is direct interation, and 2) Gauss' Variational diffeential equations. The full assignment description, initial conditions, and my code are given in the attachment.
Homework Equations
See page 488 of this reference:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Oj...snippet&q=osculating orbital elements&f=false
These equations are used in the attached code.
The Attempt at a Solution
As can be seen from the attached code, my results do not match for the Cowell method and the Gauss' Variational method. These results should match, however. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong! Any suggestions would be fantastic.