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Searching Less Perturbed Circular Orbits for a Spacecraft Travelling around Europa
Joint Authors
de Moraes, Rodolpho Vilhena
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos
Prado, A. F. B. A.
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Space missions to visit the natural satellite of Jupiter, Europa, constitute an important topic in space activities today, because missions to this moon are under study now.
Several considerations have to be made for these missions.
The present paper searches for less perturbed circular orbits around Europa.
This search is made based on the total effects of the perturbing forces over the time, evaluated by the integral of those forces over the time.
This value depends on the dynamical model and on the orbit of the spacecraft.
The perturbing forces considered are the third-body perturbation that comes from Jupiter and the J2, J3, and C22 terms of the gravitational potential of Europa.
Several numerical studies are performed and the results show the locations of the less perturbed orbits.
Using those results, it is possible to find near-circular frozen orbits with smaller amplitudes of variations of the orbital elements.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos& de Moraes, Rodolpho Vilhena& Prado, A. F. B. A.. 2014. Searching Less Perturbed Circular Orbits for a Spacecraft Travelling around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479022
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos…[et al.]. Searching Less Perturbed Circular Orbits for a Spacecraft Travelling around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479022
American Medical Association (AMA)
Carvalho, Jean Paulo dos Santos& de Moraes, Rodolpho Vilhena& Prado, A. F. B. A.. Searching Less Perturbed Circular Orbits for a Spacecraft Travelling around Europa. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479022
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-479022