Design and reconstruction of the Hayabusa2 precision landing on Ryugu

S Kikuchi, F Terui, N Ogawa, T Saiki, G Ono… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
This research focuses on the design and reconstruction of the first touchdown of Hayabusa2
on the asteroid Ryugu. Because of the plethora of boulders, the landing operation required …

Quasi-terminator orbits near primitive bodies

SB Broschart, G Lantoine, DJ Grebow - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2014 - Springer
Quasi-terminator orbits are introduced as a class of quasi-periodic trajectories in the solar
radiation pressure (SRP) perturbed Hill dynamics. These orbits offer significant …

Dynamical evolution of simulated particles ejected from asteroid Bennu

JW McMahon, DJ Scheeres, SR Chesley… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In early 2019, the OSIRIS‐REx spacecraft discovered small particles being ejected from the
surface of the near‐Earth asteroid Bennu. sww Although they were seen to be ejected at …

Geophysical and orbital environments of asteroid 469219 2016 HO3

X Li, DJ Scheeres, D Qiao, Z Liu - Astrodynamics, 2023 - Springer
Asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa, also named 2016 HO3, is a small-size fast-rotating near-
Earth asteroid, which is a potential target for future explorations. Owing to its weak gravity …

Trajectory tracking near small bodies using only attitude control

X Li, RR Warier, AK Sanyal, D Qiao - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Gravitational orbit–attitude coupling shows a noticeable influence on the motion of a rigid
spacecraft in close proximity to small solar system bodies. The gravity gradient moment …

Frozen orbit design and maintenance with an application to small body exploration

X Li, D Qiao, P Li - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Frozen orbits are ideal options for global map** and observation. In this paper, a design
and maintenance method of frozen orbit is presented and applied to the small body …

Families of periodic orbits in Hill's problem with solar radiation pressure: application to Hayabusa 2

M Giancotti, S Campagnola, Y Tsuda… - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2014 - Springer
This work studies periodic solutions applicable, as an extended phase, to the JAXA asteroid
rendezvous mission Hayabusa 2 when it is close to target asteroid 1999 JU3. The motion of …

Delta-V assisted periodic orbits around small bodies

S Kikuchi, Y Tsuda, J Kawaguchi - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
Delta-V assisted periodic orbits are introduced as a new type of periodic orbit around small
bodies subject to strong solar radiation pressure. Delta-V assisted periodic orbits are made …

Characteristics of quasi-terminator orbits near primitive bodies

SB Broschart, G Lantoine, DJ Grebow - AAS/AIAA Spaceflight …, 2013 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Quasi-terminator orbits are introduced as a class of quasi-periodic trajectories in the solar
radiation pressure (SRP) perturbed Hill dynamics. These orbits offer significant …

Analysis of impulsive maneuvers to keep orbits around the asteroid 2001SN263

WG Santos, AFBA Prado, GMC Oliveira… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2018 - Springer
The strongly perturbed environment of a small body, such as an asteroid, can complicate the
prediction of orbits used for close proximity operations. Inaccurate predictions may make the …