Resonant orbits around the asteroid 2001 SN263

• Grant number: 13/18031-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: September 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Flight Dynamics
• Principal Investigator: Ana Paula Marins Chiaradia
• Grantee: Sergio Fernando Nunes Junior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this work is to study and find a space probe orbits around a triple asteroid system NEA named 2001 SN263. It means to find resonant orbits around the primary (Alpha) that cross the orbits of the other two bodies (Beta and gamma) are resonant with these two bodies, in order to be able to study all three bodies. The elliptical orbits around the primary which are in resonance with the orbits of the other two bodies are interesting because it allows the study of all organisms from a single orbit.