Analytical and numerical approaches to study the gravitational capture in the four-body problem



Título del documento: Analytical and numerical approaches to study the gravitational capture in the four-body problem
Revista: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312318
ISSN: 1678-5878
Autors: 1
Institucions: 1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Període: Jul-Sep
Volum: 28
Número: 3
Paginació: 347-353
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés The objective of this paper is to study the problem of gravitational capture in the bi-circular restricted four-body problem. A gravitational capture occurs when a massless particle changes its two-body energy around one celestial body from positive to negative without the use of non-gravitational forces. It is mainly studied the effect of the fourth-body included in the dynamics. The Earth-Moon system with the inclusion of the Sun is used for the numerical simulations. The results show the savings obtained in this more realistic model when compared with the more traditional restricted three-body problem model. It is clear that large savings are obtained thanks to the effect of the Sun, if a proper geometry is used for the maneuver
Disciplines Física y astronomía
Paraules clau: Astronomía,
Astrofísica,
Astrodinámica,
Gravitación,
Problema de cuatro cuerpos
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Astronomy,
Astrodynamics,
Gravitation,
Astrophysics,
Four-body problem
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