Mapping orbits around the lagrangian points in a triple asteroid

• Grant number: 14/22293-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: February 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Flight Dynamics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
• Grantee: Leonardo Barbosa Torres dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/08171-3 - Orbital dynamics of minor bodies, AP.TEM

Abstract

The objective of this work is to study models and methods for the calculation of spatial trajectories around the lagrangian points of a multiple asteroid system. It will be studied and compared different strategies involving this type of orbit. The main idea is to determine the exact positions of the equilibrium points of the equations of motion for an artificial satellite that travels around a triple asteroid system, in particular the asteroid 2001SN263. This asteroid is the main target of the mission ASTER, which has been studied in Brazil and aims to send a spacecraft to an asteroid triple as a way to develop cutting-edge technologies in this area, as well as make important scientific studies in the field of astronomy. Several mathematical models are considered, starting with the circular restricted planar three-body problem and then proceeding to more elaborate models that consider elliptical and/or three-dimensional orbits. The need for other models will be evaluated by this study, such as the inclusion of the restricted problem of four bodies, flattening of the main body, and consideration of elliptic and/or inclined orbits for the two smaller bodies. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE ALMEIDA, JR., A. K.; PRADO, ANTONIO F. B. A.; SANCHEZ, DIOGO M.; YOKOYAMA, TADASHI. SEARCHING FOR ARTIFICIAL EQUILIBRIUM POINTS TO PLACE SATELLITES ``ABOVE AND BELOW{''} L-3 IN THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM. REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA, v. 53, n. 2, p. 349-359, OCT 2017. (11/08171-3, 14/22295-5, 16/14665-2, 14/22293-2)

TORRES DOS SANTOS, LEONARDO BARBOSA; BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA PRADO, ANTONIO F.; SANCHEZ, DIOGO MERGUIZO. Equilibrium points in the restricted synchronous three-body problem using a mass dipole model. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, v. 362, n. 3, MAR 2017. (14/22293-2, 16/14665-2, 11/08171-3)

SANTOS, L. B. T.; PRADO, A. F. B. A.; SANCHEZ, D. M.; IOP. Equilibrium points in the asteroid 2001SN(263). WAKE CONFERENCE 2021, v. 911, p. 6-pg., 2017-01-01. (16/18418-0, 14/22293-2, 11/08171-3, 16/14665-2)

DE ALMEIDA, A. K., JR.; PRADO, ANTONIO F. B. A.; SANCHEZ, DIOGO M.; YOKOYAMA, TADASHI. SEARCHING FOR ARTIFICIAL EQUILIBRIUM POINTS TO PLACE SATELLITES "ABOVE AND BELOW" L-3 IN THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM. REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA, v. 53, n. 2, p. 11-pg., 2017-10-01. (14/22293-2, 16/14665-2, 11/08171-3, 14/22295-5)

A. K. DE ALMEIDA JR.; ANTONIO F. B. A. PRADO; DIOGO M. SANCHEZ; TADASHI YOKOYAMA. Searching for Artificial Equilibrium Points to Place Satellites “Above and Below” L3 in the Sun-Earth System. REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA, v. 53, n. 2, 2019-10-21. (14/22295-5, 16/14665-2, 14/22293-2, 11/08171-3)

DE ALMEIDA, JR., A. K.; PRADO, A. F. B. A.; YOKOYAMA, T.; SANCHEZ, D. M.. Spacecraft motion around artificial equilibrium points. NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, v. 91, n. 3, p. 1473-1489, FEB 2018. (14/22295-5, 16/14665-2, 14/22293-2)

TORRES DOS SANTOS, LEONARDO BARBOSA; BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA PRADO, ANTONIO F.; SANCHEZ, DIOGO MERGUIZO. Lifetime of a spacecraft around a synchronous system of asteroids using a dipole model. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, v. 362, n. 11, NOV 2017. (11/08171-3, 14/22293-2, 14/22295-5, 16/18418-0, 16/14665-2)

COUTO OLIVEIRA, GERALDO MAGELA; DE ALMEIDA JUNIOR, ALLAN KARDEC; BERTACHINI DE ALMEIDA PRADO, ANTONIO FERNANDO; PARKER, JS; SEAGO, JH; STRANGE, NJ; SCHEERES, DJ. DETERMINING LOCATIONS AND TRANSFERS OF ARTIFICIAL EQUILIBRIUM POINTS IN A DOUBLE ASTEROID SYSTEM. ASTRODYNAMICS 2018, PTS I-IV, v. 162, p. 16-pg., 2018-01-01. (14/22293-2, 16/14665-2, 11/08171-3, 14/22295-5)