The eccentric behavior of nearly frozen orbits

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 2443-2455

  Sweetser, Theodore H ^a   Vincent, Mark A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Mission Design and Navigation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS;

ECCENTRICITY VECTORS; FROZEN ORBIT; POLAR COORDINATE;

ORBITS;

EID: 84898943214     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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