  Since its introduction in 1650, Kepler's equation has never ceased to
fascinate mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Over the course of five
centuries, a large number of different solution strategies have been devised
and implemented. Among them, the one originally proposed by J. L. Lagrange and
later by F. W. Bessel still continues to be a source of mathematical treasures.
Here, the Bessel solution of the elliptic Kepler equation is explored from a
new perspective offered by the theory of the Stieltjes series. In particular,
it has been proven that a complex Kapteyn series obtained directly by the
Bessel expansion is a Stieltjes series. This mathematical result, to the best
of our knowledge, is a new integral representation of the KE solution. Some
considerations on possible extensions of our results to more general classes of
the Kapteyn series are also presented.
