TY - GEN
T1 - Preparatory study
T2 - 2013 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Astrodynamics 2013
AU - Rivier, Guillaume
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'Ichiro
AU - Matsumoto, Jun
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - There is a handful number of particular asteroids on "Horseshoe Orbits". Eventually, some of them would run close to L1 or L2 points, from where a spacecraft may fly along the horseshoe orbits with infinitesimally small departure/return ΔV. So, if the flight period becomes long but still admissible, those asteroids might be interesting targets for exploration or capture missions. Yet, from the synodic period point of view, they appear hardly accessible and not practical. The paper investigates a qualitative approach to reach potential targets on horseshoe orbits thanks to zero-velocity curves, and discuss the possibility of application to known objects.
AB - There is a handful number of particular asteroids on "Horseshoe Orbits". Eventually, some of them would run close to L1 or L2 points, from where a spacecraft may fly along the horseshoe orbits with infinitesimally small departure/return ΔV. So, if the flight period becomes long but still admissible, those asteroids might be interesting targets for exploration or capture missions. Yet, from the synodic period point of view, they appear hardly accessible and not practical. The paper investigates a qualitative approach to reach potential targets on horseshoe orbits thanks to zero-velocity curves, and discuss the possibility of application to known objects.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898992207&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898992207
SN - 9780877036050
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 3319
EP - 3332
BT - Astrodynamics 2013 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
PB - Univelt Inc.
Y2 - 11 August 2013 through 15 August 2013
ER -