Lunar frozen orbits

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1915-1932

  Folta, David ^a,b   Quinn, David ^a,b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRICITY; LUNAR FROZEN ORBITS (LFO); LUNAR POTENTIAL EFFECTS; ORBITAL ELEMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ORBITS;

EID: 33846007976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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