Application of dynamical systems theory to a very low energy transfer
Shane D. Ross
Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology
MC 107-81, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. E-mail: shane@cds.caltech.edu
(with
W. S. Koon,
M. W. Lo,
and
J. E. Marsden)
ABSTRACT
We use lobe dynamics in the restricted three-body problem to design orbits
with prescribed itineraries with respect to the resonance regions within a
Hill's region. The application we envision is the design of a low energy
trajectory to orbit three of Jupiter's moons using the patched three-body
approximation (P3BA). We introduce the 'switching region', the P3BA
analogue to the 'sphere of influence'. Numerical results are given for
the problem of finding the fastest trajectory from an initial region of
phase space (escape orbits from moon A) to a target region (orbits
captured by moon B) using small controls.
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