Problem 8.13 Use Table 8.1 to verify that the orbital elements for earth and Mars presented in Exam-
ple 8.7.
Problem 8.13
Input data:
Planet: Mars
Year : 2003
Month : August
Day : 27
Hour : 12
Minute: 0
Second: 0
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Problem 8.14 Use Table 8.1 to determine the day of the year 2005 when the earth was farthest from
the sun.
Problem 8.14a: Determine the month
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Year = 2005 Time = 12:00:00 UT
July 1: Distance = 1.5209314e+08 (km)
July 2: Distance = 1.5209524e+08 (km)
July 3: Distance = 1.5209664e+08 (km)
July 27: Distance = 1.5191748e+08 (km)
July 28: Distance = 1.5190138e+08 (km)
July 29: Distance = 1.5188461e+08 (km)
July 30: Distance = 1.5186718e+08 (km)
July 31: Distance = 1.5184910e+08 (km)
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Problem 8.15 On 1 December 2005 a spacecraft left a 180 km altitude circular orbit around the earth on
a mission to Venus. It arrived at Venus 121 days later on 1 April 2006, entering a 300 km by 9000 km cap-
ture ellipse around the planet. Calculate the total delta-v requirement for this mission.
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Problem 8.15: Earth to Venus