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STUDYING THE MOTION OF A SPACECRAFT ORBITING AN ASTEROID MODELED AS AN ASYMMETRIC MASS DIPOLE

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Author(s):
Brejao, Leandro F. ; Santos, Leonardo B. T. ; Sanchez, Diogo M. ; Prado, Antonio F. B. A. ; Singla, P ; Weisman, RM ; Marchand, BG ; Jones, BA
Total Authors: 8
Document type: Journal article
Source: ASTRODYNAMICS 2018, PTS I-IV; v. 167, p. 20-pg., 2019-01-01.
Abstract

In this study, the dynamics of a space vehicle in the vicinity of a binary system of asteroids is analyzed by modeling one of the primaries as a rotating mass dipole considered to be in a spin-orbit resonance. Different mass distributions for the binary and for the dipole are considered, as well as different dimensional configurations. Then, the influence of such characteristics on the location of the equilibrium points of the system is studied. The zero velocity curves of the system are also plotted, identifying the regions of forbidden and allowed motion for a spacecraft travelling near the system. Finally, several maps are made showing the lifetimes of orbits as a function of their initial conditions, where the end of the life of an orbit is defined as a collision with any of the bodies or an ejection from the system. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/00059-9 - Trajectories for missions to asteroids using invariant manifolds
Grantee:Priscilla Andressa de Sousa Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/07174-4 - Practical Applications of the Invariant Structures of the Spatial Restricted Three-Body Problem in the Dynamics of the Solar System
Grantee:Priscilla Andressa de Sousa Silva
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 14/22295-5 - Study of the dynamics of artificial satellites around triple systems
Grantee:Diogo Merguizo Sanchez
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 16/18418-0 - Search for orbits around the Lagrangian points of a triple asteroid and orbital transfers
Grantee:Leonardo Barbosa Torres dos Santos
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 16/14665-2 - Astrodynamics applied to space vehicles.
Grantee:Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/24561-0 - On the relevance of small bodies in orbital dynamics
Grantee:Othon Cabo Winter
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants