Some characteristics of orbits for a spacecraft around Mercury

dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, J. P.S.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, J. Cardoso dos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPrado, A. F.B.A.
dc.contributor.authorde Moraes, R. Vilhena
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Recôcavo da Bahia
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionINPE
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-06T15:17:57Z
dc.date.available2019-10-06T15:17:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-01
dc.description.abstractSolar 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.affiliationUFRB-Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia em Energia e Sustentabilidade Universidade Federal do Recôcavo da Bahia
dc.description.affiliationUNESP-São Paulo State University
dc.description.affiliationDivision of Space Mechanics and Control INPE
dc.description.affiliationUNIFESP-Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Universidade Federal de São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP-São Paulo State University
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 306953/2014-5
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 420674/2016-0
dc.format.extent267-281
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40314-017-0525-y
dc.identifier.citationComputational and Applied Mathematics, v. 37, p. 267-281.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40314-017-0525-y
dc.identifier.issn1807-0302
dc.identifier.issn0101-8205
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85035137480
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/186860
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofComputational and Applied Mathematics
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFrozen orbits
dc.subjectMercury
dc.subjectSolar radiation pressure
dc.subjectSolar sail
dc.subjectThird-body perturbation
dc.titleSome characteristics of orbits for a spacecraft around Mercuryen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1979-3739[1]

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