On the design of a science orbit about Europa

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 1075-1092

  Lara, Martin ^a   Russell, Ryan ^b  

^a Ephemerides Section   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITER USE; SCIENCE MISSION; SCIENCE ORBITS; UNSTABLE PERIODIC ORBITS;

GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOON; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ORBITS;

EID: 34247159542     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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