The energy transfer process in planetary flybys

New Astronomy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-397

  Anderson, John D ^a   Campbell, James K ^a   Nieto, Michael Martin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical anomaly; Planetary gravity assist

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; ORBITS;

DYNAMICAL ANOMALY; JACOBI CONSTANT; PLANETARY FLYBYS; PLANETARY GRAVITY ASSIST;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 33847029124     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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