MAE 6432 - Advanced Astrodynamics

3 Credits

Special and general perturbations including geopotential expansions and other perturbing forces are covered. Also included are circular restricted three-body problems; Jacobi integral and zero velocity curves, and Hamiltonian mechanics including canonical transformations and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation applied to two-body motion.Open to graduate students only.Prerequisites: MAE 5410 or equivalent.