Dynamics of Artificial Satellites around Europa
Joint Authors
Vilhena de Moraes, R.
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos
de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A planetary satellite of interest at the present moment for the scientific community is Europa, one of the four largest moons of Jupiter.
There are some missions planned to visit Europa in the next years, for example, Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO, NASA) and Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE, ESA).
In this paper, we search for orbits around Europa with long lifetimes.
Here, we develop the disturbing potential in closed form up to the second order to analyze the effects caused on the orbital elements of an artificial satellite around Europa.
The equations of motion are developed in closed form to avoid expansions in power series of the eccentricity and inclination.
We found polar orbits with long lifetimes.
This type of orbits reduces considerably the maintenance cost of the orbit.
We show a formula to calculate the critical inclination of orbits around Europa taking into account the disturbing potential due to the nonspherical shape of the central body and the perturbation of the third body.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos& Vilhena de Moraes, R.& de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini. 2013. Dynamics of Artificial Satellites around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1008628
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos…[et al.]. Dynamics of Artificial Satellites around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1008628
American Medical Association (AMA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos& Vilhena de Moraes, R.& de Almeida Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini. Dynamics of Artificial Satellites around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1008628
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1008628