Ballistic Jupiter Gravity-Assist, Perihelion-ΔV Trajectories for an Interstellar Explorer

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-193

  McAdams, James V ^a   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAUNCH ENERGY; PERIHELION; STARS; ASTRONOMICAL UNITS; ESCAPE TRAJECTORIES; GRAVITY-ASSIST; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; ORBITAL MECHANICS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; WORKING LIFETIMES;

GRAVITATION; ISOTOPES; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SUN; TRAJECTORIES; STARS;

PLANETS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 16544389012     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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