Some characteristics of orbits for a spacecraft around Mercury
dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, J. P.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Santos, J. Cardoso dos [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Prado, A. F.B.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Moraes, R. Vilhena | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal do Recôcavo da Bahia | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor.institution | INPE | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-06T15:17:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-06T15:17:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Solar sails are a type of propulsion that uses solar radiation pressure to generate acceleration. The fundamental goal for any solar sail design is to provide a large and flat reflective film which requires a minimum of structural support mass. This research takes into account the non-sphericity of the central body, the perturbation of the third body and the solar radiation pressure to analyze the behavior of the orbit of a spacecraft when it has a solar sail around Mercury. We present an approach where we plot maps to analyze frozen orbits with longer lifetimes around Mercury. A set of initial conditions, which may contribute with the scientific missions planned to visit the planet Mercury in the next few years, are presented. Frozen orbits were found, i.e., orbits with smaller variation of the orbital elements. An approach is also presented to analyze the effect of the non-sphericity of Mercury on the motion of the spacecraft. In addition, the J 2 and J 3 zonal terms are also considered, as well as the C 22 sectorial term. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | UFRB-Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia em Energia e Sustentabilidade Universidade Federal do Recôcavo da Bahia | |
dc.description.affiliation | UNESP-São Paulo State University | |
dc.description.affiliation | Division of Space Mechanics and Control INPE | |
dc.description.affiliation | UNIFESP-Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Universidade Federal de São Paulo | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | UNESP-São Paulo State University | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 306953/2014-5 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 420674/2016-0 | |
dc.format.extent | 267-281 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40314-017-0525-y | |
dc.identifier.citation | Computational and Applied Mathematics, v. 37, p. 267-281. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s40314-017-0525-y | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1807-0302 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0101-8205 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85035137480 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/186860 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Computational and Applied Mathematics | |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acesso aberto | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Frozen orbits | |
dc.subject | Mercury | |
dc.subject | Solar radiation pressure | |
dc.subject | Solar sail | |
dc.subject | Third-body perturbation | |
dc.title | Some characteristics of orbits for a spacecraft around Mercury | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
unesp.author.orcid | 0000-0002-1979-3739[1] |