Two-body optimization for deflecting earth-crossing asteroids

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Park, Sang Young ^a   Ross, I Michael ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; VECTORS;

ASTRODYNAMICAL CONSTRAINT; DELTA V REQUIREMENT; EARTH CROSSING ASTEROIDS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0032670699     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4413     Document Type: Article

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