BepiColombo mission: Estimation of Mercury gravity field and rotation parameters

54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 3451-3458

  Ortiz, N Sánchez ^a   Mora, M Belló ^a   Jehn, R ^b  

^a DEIMOS Space ^*  (Spain)

^b ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; GRAVITY FIELDS; MERCURY; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITER (MPO);

PLANETS;

EID: 22344450917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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