Interplanetary periodic trajectories in two-planet systems

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 729-739

  Pisarevsky, Dmitry M ^a,c   Kogan, Alexander ^a,b   Guelman, Moshe ^a,c,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Asher Space Research Center   (Israel)

^c Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; PLANETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EARTH-MARS CASE; PERIODIC TRAJECTORIES; TWO-PLANET SYSTEMS;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 44649199254     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30046     Document Type: Article

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