Ballistic jupiter gravity-assist, perihelion-ΔV trajectories for a realistic interstellar explorer

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 112 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 725-737

  McAdams, James V ^a   McNutt Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GRAVITATION; MANEUVERABILITY; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH; SUN;

INTERSTELLAR EXPLORER; INTERSTELLAR PRECURSOR MISSION;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036919069     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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