Elliptical multi-sun-synchronous orbits for Mars exploration

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Circi, Christian ^a   Ortore, Emiliano ^a   Bunkheila, Federico ^a   Ulivieri, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elliptical orbits; Mars exploration; Multi sun synchronism; Periodicity conditions; Quasi synchronous orbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868592498     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-012-9432-0     Document Type: Article

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