A Simple Lambert Algorithm
A Simple Lambert Algorithm
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DOI:
10.2514/1.36426
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发表时间:
2008-11
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2.6
通讯作者:
G. Avanzini
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作者:
G. Avanzini
DOI: 10.2514/1.36426 A classic result for the two-point boundary value problem in the framework of Keplerian motion allows the derivation of a novel parametrization of orbits passing through two arbitrary points in space. In particular, it is shown that these orbits can be unambiguously identified in terms of their eccentricity vector component in the direction perpendicular to the chord connecting the two points. The parametrization, in terms of transverse eccentricitycomponent,lendsitselftoanefficientandintuitivesolutionalgorithmfortheclassicalLambertproblem, that is, the determination of the orbit that connects two points in space in a prescribed time. Although, from the computational point of view, the resulting numerical procedure does not provide advantages over the elegant Battin’s method, its derivation is considerably less demanding from the mathematical standpoint and physically more intuitive. Nomenclature a = semimajor axis c = chord e, e = eccentricity and eccentricity vector eF = eccentricity component along the chord eT = transverse eccentricity component ^ ic, ^ ip, ^ ih = chord, transverse, and normal unit vectors p = semilatus rectum or parameter r, r