Optimal impact strategies for asteroid deflection

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 858-872

  Vasile, Massimiliano ^a,b   Colombo, Camilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ASTEROID DEFLECTION; OPTIMAL DIRECTION; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; SMALL SPACECRAFTS;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 48849097266     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33432     Document Type: Article

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