Dynamics and Mission Design Near Libration Points - Vol II: Fundamentals: The Case of Triangular Libration Points
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It is well known that the restricted three-body problem has triangular equilibrium points. These points are linearly stable for values of the mass parameter, mu, below Routh's critical value, mu1. It is also known that in the spatial case they are nonlinearly stable, not for all the initial conditions in a neighbourhood of the equilibrium points L4, L5 but for a set of relatively large measures. This follows from the celebrated Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem. In fact there are neighbourhoods of computable size for which one obtains "practical stability" in the sense that the massless particle remains close to the equilibrium point for a big time interval (some millions of years, for example). According to the literature, what has been done in the problem follows two approaches: numerical simulations of more or less accurate models of the real solar system; and study of periodic or quasi-periodic orbits of some much simpler problem. The concrete questions that are studied in this volume are: (a) is there some orbit of the real solar system which looks like the periodic orbits of the second approach? (That is, are there orbits performing revolutions around L4 covering eventually a thick strip? Furthermore, it would be good if those orbits turn out to be quasi-periodic. However, there is no guarantee that such orbits exist or will be quasi-periodic); and (b) if the orbit of (a) exists and two particles (spacecraft) are put close to it, how do the mutual distance and orientation change with time? As a final conclusion of the work, there is evidence that orbits moving in a somewhat big annulus around L4 and L5 exist, that these orbits have small components out of the plane of the Earth-Moon system, and that they are at most mildly unstable.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9789810242749
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Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2001
Binding: HARDCOVER
Continuations: English
Dewey: 521.3
Illustrations: illustrations
LCCN: 00043633
No of Pages: 160
Series Title: World Scientific Monograph Series in Mathematics
Sub Title: Fundamentals: The Case of Triangular Libration Points
Type: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Volume: 002
ISBN-10: 9810242743
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Acedemic Level: English
Book Type: English
Depth: 13
Height: 248 mm
Language: English
MediaMail: Y
PrintOnDemand: N
Spine Width: 15.24 mm
Type: Undergraduate
Type: Professional & Vocational
Width: 165 mm