Patched conic approximation

In astrodynamics, the patched conic approximation or patched two-body approximation[1][2] is a method to simplify trajectory calculations for spacecraft in a multiple-body environment.

  1. ^ Roger, R. Bate; Mueller, Donald D.; White, Jerry E. (1971). Fundamentals of Astrodynamics. Dover Books on Astronomy and Astrophysics. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486600610. LCCN 73157430.
  2. ^ Lagerstrom, P. A. and Kevorkian, J. [1963], Earth-to-moon trajectories in the restricted three-body problem, Journal de mecanique, p. 189-218.