Exploration of distant retrograde orbits around Europa

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue I, 2005, Pages 135-153

  Lam, Try ^a,b   Whiffen, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANT RETROGRADE ORBITS (DRO); EUROPA; JUPITER ICY MOON ORBITER (JIMO);

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES;

ORBITS;

EID: 26944495246     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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