Weak stability boundary (WSB) and low thrust transfer trajectories to planets
Mathematics
To understand the dynamics of WSB trajectories and develop algorithms to obtain WSB trajectories from Earth to Moon and Mars. The role of periodic orbits (PO) and manifolds associated with them in ballistic lunar capture is studied. As a first step towards orbiter missions, planar fly-by trajectories to the Moon were studied in the framework of Restricted three-body problem (RTBP). We attempt the construction of a WSB trajectory toMoon in the restricted four-body problem (RFBP) and its dynamics. An algorithm is developed to obtain WSB trajectories to the moon in a full force model.
- Ref:Pooja Dutt, Raju K George and Anilkumar A K, Analysis of Weak Stability Boundary Transfers from Earth to Mars. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol 56, No. 4, July- Aug. pp. 1006–1016, (2019).
- Ref:Pooja Dutt, Raju K George, Anilkumar A.K, Design and analysis of weak stability boundary trajectories to Moon, Astrophys. Space Sci. 363, no. 8, Paper No. 161, 10 pp (2018).