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I take it that the ideal is to have 1/2 your Delta-V before PeA and 1/2 after? I've been working off the rule of thumb that you do 1/3 of your burn before periapsis as recommended in the TransX manual ijv -----Post Added----- This might be what I'm looking for. I've been experimenting with...

I'm wondering what is the best direction to point your burn vector when you want to insert into orbit around a planet from an interplanetary transfer orbit. As I understand it, for an impulsive burn (or close to it), you would wait till you hit periapsis relative to your target planet, point...