Methods for computing the potential of an irregular, homogeneous, solid body and its gradient

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 82-96

  Casotto, Stefano ^a   Musotto, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ORBITS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; GAUSSIAN SHAPE; IRREGULAR SHAPE; PLANNED MISSIONS; SPACECRAFT ORBIT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0008831392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-4023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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