Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid

Details Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid

Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001dps....33.4101h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting #33, #41.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.1114

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

We analyze orbital stability of satellites (moon, spacecraft) about a slowly rotating axisymmetric asteroid. We consider both orbits lying in and transverse to the plane of rotation. Using simple point mass models as a guide, we discover an unstable region near the equatorial plane of an indented body. The existence of stable/unstable regions is confirmed numerically for a realistic ``peanut" model asteroid. The stable region is found to survive modest asteroid rotation about an axis of maximum moment of inertia.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Orbital Dynamics about a Slowly Rotating Asteroid will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1238410