Dermott's Law
Description
Dermott’s law is an empirical formula for the orbital period of major satellites orbiting planets in the Solar System. It was identified by the celestial mechanics researcher Stanley Dermott in the 1960s and takes the form of the equation shown here.
Related formulasVariables
| Tn | orbital period of the nth satellite (day) |
| T0 | order of days (day) |
| C | constant of the satellite system in question (dimensionless) |
| n | n=1,2,3,4... (dimensionless) |