A spacecraft approaches Mars at the end of its Hohmann transfer orbit. (a) What is its velocity

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A spacecraft approaches Mars at the end of its Hohmann transfer orbit.

(a) What is its velocity in the sun's frame, before Mars's gravity has had an appreciable influence on it?

(b) What \(\Delta v\) must be given to the spacecraft to insert it directly from the transfer orbit into a circular orbit of radius \(6000 \mathrm{~km}\) around Mars?

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Modern Classical Mechanics

ISBN: 9781108834971

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Authors: T. M. Helliwell, V. V. Sahakian

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