Orbit mechanics about planetary satellites

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2211-2227

  Paskowitz, M E ^a   Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; JUPITER; MOTION THEORY; PLANETARY SATELLITES; ORBIT MECHANICS; ORBITAL MOTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GRAVITATION; MECHANICS; ORBITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLANETS; RADIATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MANEUVERABILITY; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SATELLITES; PLANETS;

EID: 23844536137     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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