Orbital Motion in Strongly Perturbed Environments Applications to As
The proposed book will provide a detailed, technical introduction to the analysis of orbital motion in strongly perturbed environments, focusing on motion about small Solar System bodies, such as comets and asteroids. The author shows why such small bodie
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Daniel J. Scheeres
Orbital Motion in Strongly Perturbed Environments Applications to Asteroid, Comet and Planetary Satellite Orbiters
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
Dr. Daniel J. Scheeres Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Colorado U.S.A.
SPRINGER–PRAXIS BOOKS IN ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: John Mason, M.B.E., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
ISBN 978-3-642-03255-4 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03256-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03256-1 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011938789 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Jim Wilkie Project copy editor: Mike Shardlow Author-generated LaTex, processed by EDV-Beratung, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science þ Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is dedicated to the memory of Steven J. Ostro (1946–2008), my colleague, mentor and friend.
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I.
Modeling
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Introduction and Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 A Brief History of Asteroid Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Optical Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 Radar Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 Distant Flybys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.4 Rendezvous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.5 Future Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 A Brief History of Comet Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Ground-Based Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Spacecraft Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 A Brief History of Pl
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