Searching Less Perturbed Circular Orbits for a Spacecraft Travelling around Europa

Space missions to visit the natural satellite of Jupiter, Europa, constitute an important topic in space activities today, because missions to this moon are under study now. Several considerations have to be made for these missions. The present paper searches for less perturbed circular orbits aroun...

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Main Authors: J. P. S. Carvalho, R. Vilhena de Moraes, A. F. B. A. Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/529716