Computation of low energy Earth-to-Moon transfers with moderate flight time

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 313-331

  Yagasaki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaos; Earth to Moon transfer; Nonlinear boundary value problem; Numerical continuation; Restricted three body problem; Space mission design; Stable and unstable manifolds

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAJECTORIES;

EARTH TO MOON TRANSFER; NONLINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL CONTINUATION; RESTRICTED THREE BODY PROBLEMS; SPACE MISSION DESIGN;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 4644332042     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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