4 papers
Stable Ballistic Prograde Cyclers in the Three-Body Problem
Shane D. Ross, Michael Roberts-Tsoukkas
We report the first continuous families of stable, ballistic, prograde cycler orbits in the circular restricted three-body problem: periodic trajectories that alternately undergo t…
The Astrodynamics Primer on Cislunar and Translunar Space
Aaron J. Rosengren, Anjali Rawat, Bhanu Kumar +1
The Earth-Moon environment is multiscale and strongly nonuniform, yet it is often discussed as a single cislunar regime. In reality, circumterrestrial space is partitioned by chang…
Cislunar Resonant Transport and Heteroclinic Pathways: From 3:1 to 2:1 to L1
Bhanu Kumar, Anjali Rawat, Aaron J. Rosengren +1
Understanding the dynamical structure of cislunar space beyond geosynchronous orbit is critical for both lunar exploration and for high-Earth-orbiting trajectories. In this study,…
Cislunar Mean-Motion Resonances: Definitions, Widths, and Comparisons with Resonant Satellites
Anjali Rawat, Bhanu Kumar, Aaron J. Rosengren +1
Lunar mean-motion resonances (MMRs) significantly shape cislunar dynamics beyond GEO, forming stable-unstable orbit pairs with corresponding intermingled chaotic and regular region…