On the importance of studying asteroids: A comprehensive review

M Azadmanesh, J Roshanian… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
This comprehensive study delves into the significance of asteroid research and proposes a
systematic classification consisting of seven distinct categories. Initially, a concise definition …

Guidance, navigation, and control technology assessment for future planetary science missions

MB Quadrelli, LJ Wood, JE Riedel… - Journal of Guidance …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
IN 2011, National Research Council's (NRC's) decadal study report titled Vision and
Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013–2022 [1](referred to here as the PSDS) …

Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu

DS Lauretta, CW Hergenrother, SR Chesley… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Active asteroids are small bodies in the Solar System that show ongoing
mass loss, such as the ejection of dust, which may be caused by large impacts, volatile …

The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements

DJ Scheeres, JW McMahon, AS French, DN Brack… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The top-shaped morphology characteristic of asteroid (101955) Bennu, often found among
fast-spinning asteroids and binary asteroid primaries, may have contributed substantially to …

Shape model and surface properties of the OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu from radar and lightcurve observations

MC Nolan, C Magri, ES Howell, LAM Benner… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
We determine the three-dimensional shape of near-Earth Asteroid (101955) Bennu based
on radar images and optical lightcurves. Bennu was observed both in 1999 at its discovery …

[BUKU][B] Optimal control with aerospace applications

JM Longuski, JJ Guzmán, JE Prussing - 2014 - Springer
Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no
graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it …

The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

JR Spencer, SA Stern, JM Moore, HA Weaver… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft passed 3538 km from
Kuiper Belt object (KBO)(486958) Arrokoth. Arrokoth is a contact binary consisting of two …

Terminal adaptive guidance via reinforcement meta-learning: Applications to autonomous asteroid close-proximity operations

B Gaudet, R Linares, R Furfaro - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Current practice for asteroid close proximity maneuvers requires extremely accurate
characterization of the environmental dynamics and precise spacecraft positioning prior to …

Trajectory estimation for particles observed in the vicinity of (101955) Bennu

SR Chesley, AS French, AB Davis… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the trajectories of 313 particles seen in the near‐Bennu environment between
December 2018 and September 2019. Of these, 65% follow suborbital trajectories, 20 …

Trajectory options for hera's milani cubesat around (65803) didymos

F Ferrari, V Franzese, M Pugliatti, C Giordano… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Springer
The dynamical environment in the close-proximity of small celestial bodies is characterized
by a very weak and irregular gravity field. In this low-acceleration deep-space environment …