Abstract
We show that the main result of the recent paper by G. S. Adkins and J. McDonnell, Phys. Rev. D 75, 082001 (2007), the formula for the precession of Keplerian orbits induced by central-force perturbations, can be obtained very simply by the use of Hamilton’s vector.
- Received 19 February 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.107502
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