2D heliocentric planar sail motion and the solar butterfly

The two dimensional heliocentric trajectories for fixed Sun-angle solar sails are examined. The objective of this work is to completely classify all possible motion in this framework. This is achieved via a mathematical reduction which results in a two dimensional phase space interpretation of the p...

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Main Author: Wokes, Stephen Mark
Published: University of Surrey 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493238