METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE EDGES OF ELLIPTIC ARTICLES, OPENINGS, LINES, INCLUDING ELLIPTIC ORBITS OF SPACECRAFTS AND CELESTIAL BODIES

摘要

A method for the determination of the length L of elliptical articles, lines, including elliptic orbits of spacecrafts and celestial bodies, includes measurement by contact or contact-less method with any known technical mean of the large 2a and small 2b axes (semi-axes) of the ellipse. On the basis of those data one determines the length L in whole range of change of compression coefficient, i.e. the ratio of the axes (semi-axes) of the ellipsefrom one to zero, by formula that has general form:where