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acceleration, 29, 46–48, 69, 93, 139 of gravity, 93, 152, 161, 264 accelerometers, 109, 114 active constraints, 214 actual flight time approximation ballistic guidance, 165–167 actual state vectors, 2 adherence property (of the supremum), 24, 196 adjoint vectors, 14, 37–39, 46, 137, 142–143, 147, 167–169, 183, 263 equation, 38 state transition matrix, 38 aerospace mission, 6, 289 aileron deflection, 18, 46, 115 altitude, 20, 150, 154, 171, 218 angular momentum, law of, 18 angular velocity, 94–97, 111, 170 vectors, 178, 225, 278 Apollonius Circle Theorum, 273–275 apparent target homing guidance miss, 113–115 displacement, 140 motion, 141 approximate miss distance analysis homing guidance, 124–126 argument at periapse, 227 asteroid, 197–198 asympotically stability, 22–23 asymptotic observer, 96–100, 108 attitude control, 6 autopilot, 7, 130, 132–135, 137, 141, 144, 147, 241, 281