Dr. William E. Wiesel, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering
Publications
A selection of recent publications:
"Earth Satellite Orbits as KAM Tori", Wiesel, W.E., Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 56, 151-162, 2008.
\"pectral Decomposition of Orbital Tori", Bordner, R.E. III and Wiesel, W.E., J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 34, 504-512, 2011.
"KAM Tori Normal Coordinates", Wiesel, W.E., Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 57, 691-700, 2010.
"Earth Satellite Perturbation Theories as Approximate KAM Tori", Wiesel, W.E., Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 58, 153-165, 2011.
"A Theory of Low Eccentricity Earth Satellite Motion", Wiesel, W.E., Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 59, 629-649, 2012.
"A Numerical Solution to Vinti's Problem", W. E. Wiesel, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 38, 1757-1764, 2015.
"Low Eccentricity Earth Satellite KAM Tori", W. E. Wiesel, W. E. Wiesel, J. of the Astronautical Sciences, 62, 197-211, 2015.
"Estimating Nongravitational Accelerations on High Area-to-Mass Ratio Objects", W. E. Wiesel, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39, 1438-1443, 2016.
In addition, Dr. Wiesel is the author of three texts in modern astrodynamics and astronautical engineering:
"Spaceflight Dynamics", third edition, 2010. Createspace, ISBN 978-1452879598
"Modern Astrodynamics", second edition, 2010. Createspace, ISBN 798-1453781470
"Modern Orbit Determination", 2010, Createspace ISBN 978-1453611982