Second-order relative motion equations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Karlgaard, Christopher D ^a,b   Lutze, Frederick H ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; RELATIVITY;

KEPLERIAN ORBIT; ORBITAL MECHANICS; RELATIVE MOTION EQUATIONS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0037265895     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5013     Document Type: Article

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