Motions in a central force field with a quadratic drag model

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 114 III, Issue , 2003, Pages 2005-2018

  Humi, Mayer ^a   Carter, Thomas ^b  

^a Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central force field; Orbit; Quadratic drag

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FORCE FIELD; QUADRATIC DRAG;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; ORBITS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1542359649     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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