LUNAR TRAJECTORY STUDIES
Alan F. Petty, Igor Jurkevich, M. Fabvize, Tom Coffin
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Alan F. Petty, Igor Jurkevich, M. Fabvize, Tom Coffin
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Abstract : A description of several related IBM-7090 Fortran computer programs is presented to provide a fast, accurate, and systematic procedure for determining initial conditions to the differential equations of motion from tracking data, lunar and interplanetary trajectories in n-body space, and satellite ephemeris compilations.
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Abstract : A description of several related IBM-7090 Fortran computer programs is presented to provide a fast, accurate, and systematic procedure for determining initial conditions to the differential equations of motion from tracking data, lunar and interplanetary trajectories in n-body space, and satellite ephemeris compilations.
Key concepts: Ephemeris, Fortran, Trajectory, Computer science, Satellite, Geodesy, Motion (physics), Aerospace engineering