Equilibrium configurations of tethered three-body systems and their stability

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-253

  Misra, Arun K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; STABILITY; TETHERLINES; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CENTER OF MASS; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATIONS; TETHERED THREE BODY SYSTEMS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; HAMILTONIANS;

CENTER OF MASS; CIRCULAR ORBIT; CIRCULAR RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEMS; COLLINEAR CONFIGURATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; TETHERED SYSTEMS; THREE-BODY SYSTEMS; TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATION;

EID: 0042522791     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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