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Estimating Nongravitational Accelerations on High Area-to-Mass Ratio Objects

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2016

Abstract

Excerpt: In this note a method to extract, from observational data, the accelerations of unknown source on high area-to-mass ratio (HAMR) objects is detailed, and first results are documented. These objects sometimes accelerate toward the sun, and often have higher accelerations than the metalized plastic insulation sheet model would predict. These results impose real conditions on dynamical models of HAMR behavior, and the method offers the potential for further insight.

Comments

This work was published in the Engineering Notes section of the JGCD journal issue cited below.

Source Publication

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (ISSN 0731-5090 | eISSN 1533-3884)

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