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35
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5179
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2641
National Ranking
20

Overview

Pini Gurfil is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research spans multiple aspects of aerospace engineering and physics, focusing primarily on spacecraft dynamics, control systems, and astrodynamics.

Their academic contributions include numerous publications in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics (7 publications)
  • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (6 publications)
  • Acta Astronautica (3 publications)
  • Advances in Space Research (3 publications)
  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2 publications)

The main fields of study covered in their work are:

  • Engineering (48 publications)
  • Physics and Astronomy (22 publications)

Key subfields of interest include:

  • Aerospace Engineering (46 publications)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (21 publications)
  • Oceanography (3 publications)
  • Computer Networks and Communications (1 publication)
  • Control and Systems Engineering (1 publication)

Their research topics focus extensively on:

  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (38 publications)
  • Astro and Planetary Science (32 publications)
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control (32 publications)
  • Inertial Sensor and Navigation (8 publications)
  • GNSS Positioning and Interference (6 publications)
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (6 publications)
  • Satellite Communication Systems (4 publications)

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Pini Gurfil include:

  • Spacecraft Rendezvous Using Constant-Magnitude Low Thrust, 2023, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • Long-term evolution of orbital inclination due to third-body inclination, 2021, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
  • Resonant Control of Satellite Orbits, 2021, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • Nonsingular vectorial reformulation of the short-period corrections in Kozai's oblateness solution, 2022, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
  • Spacecraft relative navigation with an omnidirectional vision sensor, 2021, Acta Astronautica

Among their frequent collaborators are:

  • Tao Nie (6 joint publications)
  • Shribharath Balakrishnan (3 joint publications)
  • Guy Marcus (3 joint publications)
  • Shijie Zhang (2 joint publications)
  • Vinayak Vadlamani (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, Control and Navigation

    Kyle Terry Alfriend;Srinivas Rao Vadali;Pini Gurfil;Jonathan How

  • Stereovision-Based Estimation of Relative Dynamics Between Noncooperative Satellites: Theory and Experiments

    Shai Segal;Avishy Carmi;Pini Gurfil

  • Effect of Kinematic Rotation-Translation Coupling on Relative Spacecraft Translational Dynamics

    Shay Segal;Pini Gurfil

  • Relative Motion between Elliptic Orbits: Generalized Boundedness Conditions and Optimal Formationkeeping

    Pini Gurfil

  • Adaptive Neural Control of Deep-Space Formation Flying

    Pini Gurfil;Moshe Idan;N. Jeremy Kasdin

  • Multiple Poincaré sections method for finding the quasiperiodic orbits of the restricted three body problem

    Egemen Kolemen;N. Jeremy Kasdin;Pini Gurfil

  • Nonlinear Modelling of Spacecraft Relative Motion in the Configuration Space

    Pini Gurfil;N. Jeremy Kasdin

  • Manifolds and Metrics in the Relative Spacecraft Motion Problem

    Pini Gurfil;Konstantin V. Kholshevnikov

  • Finite Time Stability Approach to Proportional Navigation Systems Analysis

    Pini Gurfil;Mario Jodorkovsky;Moshe Guelman

  • Real-Time Vision-Aided Localization and Navigation Based on Three-View Geometry

    V. Indelman;P. Gurfil;E. Rivlin;H. Rotstein

  • Stability and control of spacecraft formation flying in trajectories of the restricted three-body problem

    Pini Gurfil;N.Jeremy Kasdin

  • Partial Aircraft State Estimation from Visual Motion Using the Subspace Constraints Approach

    Pini Gurfil;Hector Rotstein

  • Distributed Decision and Control for Cooperative UAVs Using Ad Hoc Communication

    Y. Ben-Asher;S. Feldman;P. Gurfil;M. Feldman

  • The SAMSON Project – Cluster Flight and Geolocation with Three Autonomous Nano-satellites

    Pini Gurfil;Jacob Herscovitz;Meidad Pariente

  • Vision-based relative state estimation of non-cooperative spacecraft under modeling uncertainty

    Shai Segal;Avishy Carmi;Pini Gurfil

  • Robust guidance for electro-optical missiles

    P. Gurfil

  • CANONICAL MODELLING OF RELATIVE SPACECRAFT MOTION VIA EPICYCLIC ORBITAL ELEMENTS

    N. Jeremy Kasdin;Pini Gurfil;Egemen Kolemen

  • Transfer to Distant Retrograde Orbits Using Manifold Theory

    Jacob Demeyer;Pini Gurfil

  • Neoclassical Guidance for Homing Missiles

    Pini Gurfil;Mario Jodorkovsky;Moshe Guelman

  • Solutions and periodicity of satellite relative motion under even zonal harmonics perturbations

    Vladimir Martinuşi;Pini Gurfil

  • Cyclic Spacecraft Formations: Relative Motion Control Using Line-of-Sight Measurements Only

    Pini Gurfil;David Mishne

  • The Serret-Andoyer formalism in rigid-body dynamics: I. Symmetries and perturbations

    P. Gurfil;A. Elipe;W. Tangren;M. Efroimsky

  • Nonlinear feedback control of low-thrust orbital transfer in a central gravitational field

    Pini Gurfil

  • Graph-based distributed cooperative navigation for a general multi-robot measurement model

    Vadim Indelman;Pini Gurfil;Ehud Rivlin;Hector Rotstein

  • Long-Term Cluster Flight of Multiple Satellites Using Differential Drag

    Ohad Ben-Yaacov;Pini Gurfil

  • Optimal Fuel-Balanced Impulsive Formationkeeping for Perturbed Spacecraft Orbits

    Igor Beigelman;Pini Gurfil

  • Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice

    Pini Gurfil;P. Kenneth Seidelmann

  • Adaptive neural control of deep-space formation flying

    P. Gurfil;M. Idan;N.J. Kasdin

  • Analysis of J2-Perturbed Motion Using Mean Non-Osculating Orbital Elements

    Pini Gurfil

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle T. Alfriend
Kyle T. Alfriend Texas A&M University
Srinivas R. Vadali
Srinivas R. Vadali Texas A&M University
Lyudmila Mihaylova
Lyudmila Mihaylova University of Sheffield
Dimitri Kanevsky
Dimitri Kanevsky Google (United States)
Simon J. Godsill
Simon J. Godsill University of Cambridge
Yair Censor
Yair Censor University of Haifa
Bhuvana Ramabhadran
Bhuvana Ramabhadran Google (United States)
David N. Spergel
David N. Spergel Princeton University

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