Satellite impulse normalization

ID: satellite-impulse-normalization

For a straight shearing-sheet encounter, , and the outer and inner longitudinal changes have opposite signs. The complete-flyby gravitational impulse gives . Some simplified prescribed kick models use a different coefficient; carrying it explicitly makes the corresponding one-sided impulse torque on a disk and migration rates unambiguous. This coefficient does not assert an exact solution of the full rotating Hill encounter.

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