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Mass-Optimal Low-Thrust Forced Periodic Trajectories in the Earth-Moon CR3BP
Colby C. Merrill, Jackson Kulik, Matthew J. Bryan +1
In Cislunar space, spacecraft are able to exploit naturally periodic orbits, which provide operational reliability. However, these periodic orbits only exist in a limited volume. E…
Generation of Energy-Optimal Low-Thrust Forced Periodic Trajectories in the CR3BP
Colby C. Merrill, Jackson Kulik, Dmitry Savransky
In this work, we investigate trajectories that require thrust to maintain periodic structure in the circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP). We produce bounds in position an…
Lessons learned from NASA's DART impact about disrupting rubble-pile asteroids
S. D. Raducan, M. Jutzi, C. C. Merrill +4
We present a series of numerical simulations using a shock physics smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code, investigating energetic impacts on small celestial bodies characteris…
The Perturbed Full Two-Body Problem: Application to Post-DART Didymos
Alex J. Meyer, Harrison F. Agrusa, Derek C. Richardson +19
With the successful impact of the NASA DART spacecraft in the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system, we provide an initial analysis of the post-impact perturbed binary asteroid…