Simulation and analysis of binary asteroid dynamics using mutual potential and potential derivatives formulation

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 123 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1641-1666

  Fahnestock, Eugene G ^a   Scheeres, Daniel J ^c   McClamroch, N Harris ^c   Werner, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

BINARY ASTEROID DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE; SPACECRAFT MISSIONS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 33749362663     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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