Multiple solutions in preliminary orbit determination from three observations

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-326

  Gronchi, Giovanni Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charlier's limiting curve; Multiple solutions in Laplace's method; Orbit determination; Two body problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749113137     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-009-9201-x     Document Type: Article

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