A flow-informed strategy for ballistic capture orbit generation

2021 ◽  
Vol 133 (11-12) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Manzi ◽  
F. Topputo
Keyword(s):  
Ballistic Capture

Survey of Mars Ballistic Capture Trajectories Using Periodic Orbits as Generating Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1227-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diogene A. Dei Tos ◽  
Ryan P. Russell ◽  
Francesco Topputo
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Orbits ◽  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
Capture Trajectories

The role of the mass ratio in ballistic capture

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (1) ◽  
pp. 1515-1529
Author(s):  
Zong-Fu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Massless Particle ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Three Body Problem ◽  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
Jacobi Constant ◽  
Celestial Bodies ◽  
Three Body ◽  
Gravity System

ABSTRACT A massless particle can be naturally captured by a celestial body with the aid of a third body. In this work, the influence of the mass ratio on ballistic capture is investigated in the planar circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP) model. Four typical dynamical environments with decreasing mass ratios, that is, the Pluto–Charon, Earth–Moon, Sun–Jupiter, and Saturn–Titan systems, are considered. A generalized method is introduced to derive ballistic capture orbits by starting from a set of initial conditions and integrating backward in time. Particular attention is paid to the backward escape orbits, following which a test particle can be temporarily trapped by a three-body gravity system, although the particle will eventually deviate away from the system. This approach is applied to the four candidate systems with a series of Jacobi constant levels to survey and compare the capture probability (quantitatively) and capture capability (qualitatively) when the mass ratio varies. Capture mechanisms inducing favourable ballistic capture are discussed. Moreover, the possibility and stability of capture by secondary celestial bodies are analysed. The obtained results may be useful in explaining the capture phenomena of minor bodies or in designing mission trajectories for interplanetary probes.

scholarly journals Initial Parameter Analysis about Resonant Orbits in Earth-Moon System

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Li-Bo Liu ◽  
Ying-Jing Qian ◽  
Xiao-Dong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Body Problem ◽  
Parameter Analysis ◽  
Initial Parameter ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Three Body Problem ◽  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
Moon System ◽  
Two Body Problem ◽  
Resonant Orbits ◽  
Three Body

The initial parameters about resonant orbits in the Earth-Moon system were investigated in this study. Resonant orbits with different ratios are obtained in the two-body problem and planar circular restricted three-body problem (i.e., PCRTBP). It is found that the eccentricity and initial phase are two important initial parameters of resonant orbits that affect the closest distance between the spacecraft and the Moon. Potential resonant transition or resonant flyby may occur depending on the possibility of the spacecraft approaching the Moon. Based on an analysis of ballistic capture and flyby, the Kepler energy and the planet’s perturbed gravitational sphere are used as criteria to establish connections between the initial parameters and the possible “steady” resonant orbits. The initial parameter intervals that can cause instability of the resonant orbits in the CRTBP are obtained. Examples of resonant orbits in 1:2 and 2:1 resonances are provided to verify the proposed criteria.

Constructing ballistic capture orbits in the real Solar System model

2014 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.-F. Luo ◽  
F. Topputo ◽  
F. Bernelli-Zazzera ◽  
G.-J. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
System Model ◽  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
The Real

scholarly journals Erratum to: Constructing ballistic capture orbits in the real Solar System model

2014 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-452
Author(s):  
Z.-F. Luo ◽  
F. Topputo ◽  
F. Bernelli-Zazzera ◽  
G.-J. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
System Model ◽  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
The Real

scholarly journals Mars orbit insertion via ballistic capture and aerobraking

Astrodynamics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong-Fu Luo ◽  
Francesco Topputo
Keyword(s):  
Ballistic Capture ◽  
Orbit Insertion
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