Low-energy, low-thrust transfers to the Moon

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Mingotti, G ^a   Topputo, F ^a   Bernelli Zazzera, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ballistic capture; Invariant manifolds; Lagrange points; Low energy transfer; Low thrust transfer; Three body problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350607861     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-009-9220-7     Document Type: Article

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