Hohmann Transfer Delta-V implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t6-080

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The zero-radius input causes division by zero and undefined orbital quantities; the instrument must reject it. The specification also leaves signed-versus-magnitude delta-v and unit conventions ambiguous.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "central_body": "Earth",
    "mu_km3_s2": 398600.4418,
    "initial_radius_km": 7000,
    "target_radius_km": 14000
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "transfer_semi_major_axis_km": 10500,
    "delta_v1_km_s": 1.16738,
    "delta_v2_km_s": 0.97915,
    "total_delta_v_km_s": 2.14653,
    "transfer_time_s": 5353.83
  },
  "working": "a_t=(7000+14000)/2=10500 km. v_c1=sqrt(398600.4418/7000)=sqrt(56.9429203)=7.546053 km/s. v_p=sqrt(398600.4418*(2/7000-1/10500))=8.713432 km/s. Δv1=|8.713432-7.546053|=1.167379 km/s. v_c2=sqrt(398600.4418/14000)=5.335865 km/s. v_a=sqrt(398600.4418*(2/14000-1/10500))=4.356716 km/s. Δv2=|5.335865-4.356716|=0.979150 km/s. Total=1.167379+0.979150=2.146529 km/s. t=pi*sqrt(10500^3/398600.4418)=5353.83 s."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche6/tranche6-results.json