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Some aspects for efficient computation of the tidal perturbation due to the ellipticity effects of the Earth, the luni-solar potential on an Earth-orbiting satellite and the perturbations of the satellite's radial, transverse and normal position components due to the effects of the Earth's gravitational and ocean tide fields are presented. A straightforward method for computing the spectrum of the geopotential and the tidal-induced perturbations of the orbit elements and the radial, transverse and normal components is described.
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Cheng, M.K., Tapley, B.D. & Casotto, S. A new method for computing the spectrum of the gravitational perturbations on satellite orbits. Celestial Mech Dyn Astr 62, 117–143 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692083
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