3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Optimization of Transfers linking Ballistic Captures to Earth-Moon Periodic Orbit Families
Lorenzo Anoè, Roberto Armellin, Jack Yarndley +2
The design of transfers to periodic orbits in the Earth-Moon system has regained prominence with NASA's Artemis and CNSA's Chang'e programs. This work addresses the problem of link…
astro-ph.EP2025
Identifying Fixed Points in the Three-Body Problem Using a High-Order Transfer Map
Xingyu Zhou, Lorenzo Ano`e, Roberto Armellin +2
Periodic orbits (POs) play a central role in the circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP). This paper introduces a method to search for POs by identifying single- and multipl…
math.NA2025
Extensive Database of Spatial Ballistic Captures with Application to Lunar Trailblazer
Lorenzo Anoè, Roberto Armellin, Gregory Lantoine +1
For low-energy missions to the Moon and beyond, Ballistic Capture has proven to be a valuable technique for enabling orbital insertion while alleviating propulsion system requireme…