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)