Periodic orbits above the ecliptic in the solar-sail restricted three-body problem

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 687-693

  Waters, Thomas J ^a,b   McInnes, Colin R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORBITS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLLINEAR EQUILIBRIA; EQUILIBRIUM POINTS; SOLAR SAILS; THREE-BODY PROBLEM;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34249812096     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.26232     Document Type: Article

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