Accurate solutions of minimal time Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus heliocentric trajectories are calculated with a shooting-Newton method. The flight times are less and the steering histories are diferent than those presented in [1], thus contradicting the optimality claims in [1].


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    Title :

    Computation of Optimal Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus Trajectories


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    Publication date :

    1977-09-01


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    373223 byte




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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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