Toward a standard nomenclature for Earth-Mars cycler trajectories

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 694-698

  McConaghy, T Troy ^a,c   Russell, Ryan P ^b,d   Longuski, James M ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; TERMINOLOGY;

CYCLER TRAJECTORIES; NEAR-BALLISTIC CYCLERS; SYNTAX;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 24144496235     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8123     Document Type: Article

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