Sun-perturbed Earth-to-moon transfers with ballistic capture

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 770-775

  Belbruno, Edward A ^a,b   Miller, James K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; LUNAR MISSIONS; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

BALLISTIC CAPTURE; EARTH-TO-MOON TRANSFER; HOHMANN TRANSFER; LOW ENERGY TRANSFER TRAJECTORY; NONLINEAR EARTH-MOON-SUN PERTURBATIONS; WEAK STABILITY BOUNDARY;

ORBITAL TRANSFER;

EID: 0027625241     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21079     Document Type: Article

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