Sun-perturbed earth-to-moon transfers with low energy and moderate flight time |
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Authors: | Kazuyuki Yagasaki |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan |
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Abstract: | We construct a spacecraft transfer with low cost and moderate flight time from the Earth to the Moon. The motion of the spacecraft
is modeled by the planar circular restricted three-body problem including a perturbation due to the solar gravitation. Our
approach is to reduce computation of optimal transfers to a non-linear boundary value problem. Using a computer software called
AUTO, we solve it and continue its solutions numerically to obtain the optimal transfers. Our result also shows that the use of
the solar gravitation can further lower the transfer cost drastically. |
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Keywords: | Earth-to-Moon transfer perturbed three-body problem non-linear boundary value problem numerical continuation stable and unstable manifolds chaos space mission design |
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