Navigation for NEAR Shoemaker: the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
B. G. Williams, Peter G. Antreasian, J. J. Bordi, Eric Carranza, Robert E. Chesley, C. E. Helfrich, James Drysdale Miller, W. M. Owen, T. C. Wang
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B. G. Williams, Peter G. Antreasian, J. J. Bordi, Eric Carranza, Robert E. Chesley, C. E. Helfrich, James Drysdale Miller, W. M. Owen, T. C. Wang
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This paper describes the navigation strategy and results for the rendezvous and orbit phases of the NEAR mission.
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This paper describes the navigation strategy and results for the rendezvous and orbit phases of the NEAR mission.
Key concepts: Asteroid, Astrobiology, Spacecraft, Orbit (dynamics), Astronomy, Orbit determination, Heliocentric orbit, Synchronous orbit