Numerical determination of stability regions for orbital motion in uniformly rotating second degree and order gravity fields

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 685-692

  Hu, W ^a   Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Orbital dynamics; Stability

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; ROTATION; STABILITY;

ASTEROIDS; BODY ROTATION RATE; GRAVITY FIELD; ORBITAL DYNAMICS;

ORBITS;

EID: 2342507675     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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