Theory of orbit determination

Theory of Orbit Determination

Volumn 9780521873895, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-382

  Milani, Andrea ^a   Gronchi, Giovanni F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACE FLIGHT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

APPLIED MATHEMATICS; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYS; CELESTIAL BODIES; GRADUATE STUDENTS; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; STATE OF THE ART;

ORBITS;

EID: 84924485939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139175371     Document Type: Book

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