John Christian

John Christian

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

H-index: 24

North America-United States

About John Christian

John Christian, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, specializes in the field of astrodynamics, spacecraft, navigation, computer vision, astronomy.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

StarNAV: An Architecture for Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation by the Relativistic Perturbation of Starlight

LONEStar: The Lunar Flashlight Optical Navigation Experiment

Artemis I Optical Navigation System Performance

Solving the Gibbs Problem with Algebraic Projective Geometry

On the Intersection of Two Conics

Optimization of Lunar-Based Radar Networks Via a Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) Approach

Pole Estimation and Optical Navigation Using Circle of Latitude Projections

Keypoint-based Stereophotoclinometry for Characterizing and Navigating Small Bodies: A Factor Graph Approach

John Christian Information

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Citations(all)

1732

Citations(since 2020)

1127

Cited By

969

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

42

i10Index(since 2020)

31

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John Christian Skills & Research Interests

astrodynamics

spacecraft

navigation

computer vision

astronomy

Top articles of John Christian

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

StarNAV: An Architecture for Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation by the Relativistic Perturbation of Starlight

John A Christian

Michael Kudenov

2024/1/23

LONEStar: The Lunar Flashlight Optical Navigation Experiment

arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.12198

Michael Krause

Ava Thrasher

Priyal Soni

Liam Smego

Reuben Isaac

...

2024/1/22

Artemis I Optical Navigation System Performance

Rebecca Inman

Greg Holt

John Christian

Kyle W Smith

Christopher D'Souza

2024

Solving the Gibbs Problem with Algebraic Projective Geometry

arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.08893

Michela Mancini

John A Christian

2024/3/13

On the Intersection of Two Conics

arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.08953

Michela Mancini

John A Christian

2024/3/13

Optimization of Lunar-Based Radar Networks Via a Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) Approach

Matthew L Gilmartin

Stef Crum

Jason Hodkin

Gregory Badura

Alaric Gregoire

...

2024

Pole Estimation and Optical Navigation Using Circle of Latitude Projections

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

John A Christian

2024/3

Keypoint-based Stereophotoclinometry for Characterizing and Navigating Small Bodies: A Factor Graph Approach

Travis Driver

Andrew Vaughan

Yang Cheng

Adnan I Ansar

John Christian

...

2024

Geometric Solution to the Angles-Only Initial Orbit Determination Problem

arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.02157

Michela Mancini

Timothy Duff

Anton Leykin

John A Christian

2023/4/4

LOSTU: Fast, Scalable, and Uncertainty-Aware Triangulation

arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.11171

Sébastien Henry

John A Christian

2023/11/18

View Invariants for Three-Dimensional Points with Constrained Observer Motion

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Paul D McKee

Harm Derksen

John A Christian

2023/2

Analytical methods in triangulation-based celestial localization

The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Sébastien Henry

John A Christian

2023/9/14

Optimizing Distributed Space-Based Networks for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness In the Context of Operational Cost Metrics

Proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance (AMOS) Technologies Conference

Gregory P Badura

Matthew Gilmartin

Yuri Shimane

Stef Crum

Lois Visonneau

...

2023/9

State estimation of a moving frequency source from observations at multiple receivers

arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.05223

Michela Mancini

Anton Leykin

John A Christian

2023/8/9

Absolute Triangulation Algorithms for Space Exploration

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Sebastien Henry

John A Christian

2023/1

Initial orbit determination from only heading measurements

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

John A Christian

2023/7

Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Crewed Spacecraft to Mars

ZR Putnam

JA Christian

2023/6/15

Navigation and star identification for an interstellar mission

Acta Astronautica

Paul McKee

Jacob Kowalski

John A Christian

2022/3/1

System design and analysis for cislunar space domain awareness through distributed sensors

AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, NC

Gregory Badura

Yuri Shimane

Alaric Gregoire

Rohan Patel

Matthew Gilmartin

...

2022

INVARIANT THEORY AS A TOOL FOR SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION

John A Christian

Harm Derksen

2022

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Co-Authors

H-index: 30
E. Glenn Lightsey

E. Glenn Lightsey

Georgia Institute of Technology

H-index: 26
Jason N. Gross

Jason N. Gross

West Virginia University

H-index: 7
Randall Christensen

Randall Christensen

Utah State University

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