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Astrodynamics

Astrodynamics is the subdiscipline of aerospace engineering that analyzes and predicts the orbital motion and control of artificial spacecraft and satellites under gravitational forces.

11.3K

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469.8K

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21.4K

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11.3K

Terminal Guidance System for Satellite Rendezvous

W. H. Clohessy, Ron Wiltshire · Journal of the aerospace sciences/Journal of the aero/space sciences · 1960 · 2K citations

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NASA Technical Memorandum 84562

Geometrically Nonlinearanalysisof, Adhesively Bondedjoints · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 1982 · 1.9K citations

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The passage of energetic charged particles through interplanetary space

E. N. Parker · Planetary and Space Science · 1965 · 1.6K citations

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galpy: A python LIBRARY FOR GALACTIC DYNAMICS

Jo Bovy · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2015 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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On the relative motion of the Earth and the luminiferous ether

A. A. Michelson, Edward W. Morley · American Journal of Science · 1887 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Authors

21.4K

  1. DJ
    Daniel J. Scheeres

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    111 publications · 5.9K citations

    41

    h-index

  2. QH
    Qinglei Hu

    Beihang University, China

    71 publications · 4.7K citations

    41

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  3. CR
    Colin R. McInnes

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    70 publications · 2.9K citations

    32

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  4. ZS
    Zhaowei Sun

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    40 publications · 2.1K citations

    27

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  5. HS
    Hanspeter Schaub

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    61 publications · 2.4K citations

    27

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Institutions

3K

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    74 h-index

    1.1K publications

    67.2K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    67 h-index

    646 publications

    59K citations

  3. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    66 h-index

    1.1K publications

    42.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    60 h-index

    591 publications

    39.7K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    59 h-index

    505 publications

    35.9K citations

  6. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    55 h-index

    788 publications

    28.2K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    311 publications

    22.1K citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    45 h-index

    180 publications

    13.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    1.1K publications · 61.2K citations

    112

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  2. Acta Astronautica

    959 publications · 33.1K citations

    73

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  3. Icarus

    191 publications · 10.4K citations

    57

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  4. 55

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  5. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

    305 publications · 12K citations

    55

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See also

Astrodynamics

Orbital Mechanics

Trajectory Design

Perturbation Models

Attitude Control

Mission Analysis