Relative Trajectories in the Circular-Restricted N-Body Problem (CRNBP) for a Sun-Mars L4 Long-Period Orbit

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

8-14-2024

Abstract

Expanding interest into asteroids and systems further away from the traditional Earth environment necessitates an investigation into challenges that rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) may face in this new domain. RPO trajectories in the Circular Restricted 3-Body Problem (CR3BP) for the Sun-Mars system will be compared to trajectories in the Circular Restricted N-Body Problem (CRNBP) with identical initial conditions for the Sun-Mars-Jupiter-Earth system to include additional multi-body effects. Initial results indicate that bounded relative trajectories likely do not exist in the CRNBP model, but some initial conditions that place Jupiter further from the satellite formation produce significantly more favorable conditions.

Comments

Conference Session: Orbital Dynamics, Perturbations, and Stability I

This conference paper is published by the American Astronautical Society.

Source Publication

2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

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