Rocket Powered Flight as a Perturbation to the Two-Body Problem.

The two body problem and the rocket equation r̈ + ∊ α ṙ + k/r3r = 0 have been expressed in numerous ways. However, the combination of the rocket equation with the two-body problem has not been studied to any degree of depth due to the intractability of the resulting non-linear, non-homogeneous equ...

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Main Author: Clark, Clayton Jeremiah
Format: Others
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2005
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1045
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2202&context=etd