Evaluating accessibility of near-earth asteroids via earth gravity assists

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 502-505

  Qiao, Dong ^a,b   Cui, Hutao ^a,b   Cui, Pingyuan ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Deep Space Exploration Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATION; SPACE RESEARCH; TARGETS;

NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS; SPACE MISSION; TRAJECTORY DESIGN;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 33645577093     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16757     Document Type: Article

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