Trajectory options to Pluto via gravity assists from Venus, Mars, and Jupiter

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-353

  Sims, Jon Andrew ^a,b,d   Staugler, Andrew James ^a,c,d   Longuski, James Michael ^a,d  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANETS; TRAJECTORIES;

PLUTO EXPRESS INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MIDAS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE STOUR;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0031139631     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3215     Document Type: Article

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