Transfer design between neighborhoods of planetary moons in the circular restricted three-body problem. (arXiv:2110.03683v1 [astro-ph.EP])

Transfer design between neighborhoods of planetary moons in the circular restricted three-body problem. (arXiv:2110.03683v1 [astro-ph.EP])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Canales_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">David Canales</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Howell_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Kathleen C. Howell</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fantino_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Elena Fantino</a>

Given the interest in future space missions devoted to the exploration of key
moons in the solar system and that may involve libration point orbits, an
efficient design strategy for transfers between moons is introduced that
leverages the dynamics in these multi-body systems. The moon-to-moon analytical
transfer (MMAT) method is introduced, comprised of a general methodology for
transfer design between the vicinities of the moons in any given system within
the context of the circular restricted three-body problem, useful regardless of
the orbital planes in which the moons reside. A simplified model enables
analytical constraints to efficiently determine the feasibility of a transfer
between two different moons moving in the vicinity of a common planet. In
particular, connections between the periodic orbits of such two different moons
are achieved. The strategy is applicable for any type of direct transfers that
satisfy the analytical constraints. Case studies are presented for the Jovian
and Uranian systems. The transition of the transfers into higher-fidelity
ephemeris models confirms the validity of the MMAT method as a fast tool to
provide possible transfer options between two consecutive moons.

Given the interest in future space missions devoted to the exploration of key
moons in the solar system and that may involve libration point orbits, an
efficient design strategy for transfers between moons is introduced that
leverages the dynamics in these multi-body systems. The moon-to-moon analytical
transfer (MMAT) method is introduced, comprised of a general methodology for
transfer design between the vicinities of the moons in any given system within
the context of the circular restricted three-body problem, useful regardless of
the orbital planes in which the moons reside. A simplified model enables
analytical constraints to efficiently determine the feasibility of a transfer
between two different moons moving in the vicinity of a common planet. In
particular, connections between the periodic orbits of such two different moons
are achieved. The strategy is applicable for any type of direct transfers that
satisfy the analytical constraints. Case studies are presented for the Jovian
and Uranian systems. The transition of the transfers into higher-fidelity
ephemeris models confirms the validity of the MMAT method as a fast tool to
provide possible transfer options between two consecutive moons.

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