Do Artificial Earth Satellites Precess at Perigee?

According to the revised gravitation formula, only when the artificial satellite is far enough from the earth to treat the earth as a particle, the gravitational force on the artificial satellite coincides well with Newton's gravitational formula. The closer the artificial satellite is to the earth, the more the gravitational force on the artificial satellite deviates from (greater than) the value calculated by Newton's universal gravitation formula. So, the precession of artificial satellite at perigee is predicted in this paper and the corresponding calculation formula is given.

Author(s): Jian’an Wang

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