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Developing the "Precessing Inclined Bi-Elliptical Four-Body Problem with Radiation Pressure" to search for orbits in the triple asteroid 2001SN(263)

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Author(s):
Pinheiro Lopes Masago, Bruna Yukiko ; Bertachini de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando ; Marins Chiaradia, Ana Paula ; Gomes, Vivian Martins
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Advances in Space Research; v. 57, n. 4, p. 21-pg., 2016-02-15.
Abstract

Space missions to visit small bodies of the Solar System are important steps to improve our knowledge of the Solar System. Usually those bodies do not have well known characteristics, as their gravity field, which make the mission planning a difficult task. The present paper has the goal of studying orbits around the triple asteroid 2001SN(263), a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA). A mission to this system allows the exploration of three bodies in the same trip. The distances reached by the spacecraft from those three bodies have fundamental importance in the quality of their observations. Therefore, the present research has two main goals: (i) to develop a semi-analytical mathematical model, which is simple, but able to represent the main characteristics of that system; (ii) to use this model to find orbits for a spacecraft with the goal of remaining the maximum possible time near the three bodies of the system, without the need of space maneuvers. This model is called "Precessing Inclined Bi-Elliptical Problem with Radiation Pressure" (PIBEPRP). The use of this model allow us to find important natural orbits for the exploration of one, two or even the three bodies of the system. These trajectories can be used individually or combined in two or more parts using orbital maneuvers. (C) 2015 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/13101-4 - Study of orbital maneuvers to escape from collisions for a spacecraft and a group of particles
Grantee:Vivian Martins Gomes
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
FAPESP's process: 12/21023-6 - Artificial satellite dynamics
Grantee:Rodolpho Vilhena de Moraes
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 14/06688-7 - Dynamics of artificial satellites
Grantee:Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 11/08171-3 - Orbital dynamics of minor bodies
Grantee:Othon Cabo Winter
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants