Stability of hovering orbits around small bodies

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 102 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 855-866

  Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

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EID: 0040907578     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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