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High speed escape from a circular orbit

Classical Physics 2021-05-03 v1

Abstract

You have a rocket in a high circular orbit around a massive central body (a planet, or the Sun) and wish to escape with the fastest possible speed at infinity for a given amount of fuel.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2010.14997,
  title  = {High speed escape from a circular orbit},
  author = {Philip Blanco and Carl Mungan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14997},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

8 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication (may differ slightly from final published form)

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