For low energy spacecraft tra jectories such as multi-moon orbiters for the Jupiter
system, multiple gravity assists by moons could be used in conjunction with ballistic
capture to drastically decrease fuel usage. In this paper, we outline a procedure to
obtain a family of zero-fuel multi-moon orbiter tra jectories, using a family of Keplerian
maps derived by the first author previously. The maps capture well the dynamics
of the full equations of motion; the phase space contains a connected chaotic zone
where intersections between unstable resonant orbit manifolds provide the template
for lanes of fast migration between orbits of different semima jor axes. Patched three
body approach is used and the four body problem is broken down into two three-body
problems, and the search space is considerably reduced by the use of properties of
the Keplerian maps. We also introduce the notion of ‘Switching Region’ where the
perturbations due to the two perturbing moons are of comparable strength, and which
separates the domains of applicability of the corresponding two Keplerian maps.