Sensitivity of the Gravity Assist to Variations of the Impact Parameter

Autor: Alexander P. Yefremov
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Gravitation and Cosmology. 26:118-123
ISSN: 1995-0721
0202-2893
DOI: 10.1134/s0202289320020127
Popis: We build a Kepler model of spacecraft gravity assist maneuver near a Venus-type planet and investigate its sensitivity to changes of the impact parameter. Analytical and numerical computations give similar results indicating a great increase of the trajectory final point shift under a small variation of the assigned spacecraft-planet distance.
Databáze: OpenAIRE