Global search for idealized free-return Earth-Mars cyclers

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-208

  Russell, Ryan P ^a,b   Ocampo, Cesar A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b C0600 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

BALLISTIC CYCLERS; CYCLER ORBITS; EARTH-MARS CYCLERS; TURNING ANGLES;

ORBITS;

EID: 15744400021     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8696     Document Type: Article

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