Numerical error in interplanetary orbit determination software

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1008-1018

  Zannoni, Marco ^a   Tortora, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA;

AVERAGE FREQUENCY; CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; FINITE ARITHMETIC; INTERPLANETARY ORBIT DETERMINATION; NOMINAL TRAJECTORY; NUMERICAL ERRORS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; ORBIT DETERMINATION PROGRAMS;

ERRORS;

EID: 84880069477     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.59294     Document Type: Article

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