Dynamics, geometry and solar sails

This note focuses on some dynamical aspects of a solar sail. The first part of the paper is a survey of the use of dynamical systems tools to control a solar sail near an unstable equilibrium point of the Earth–Sun system. The second part focuses on new results on the dynamics near an equilibrium po...

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Published in:Indagationes mathematicae 2016-12, Vol.27 (5), p.1245-1264
Main Authors: Farrés, Ariadna, Jorba, Àngel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Centre manifolds
Dynamical systems
Geometry
Halo orbits
Periodic orbits
Solar sails
Solar system
Unstable equilibrium point
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Summary:This note focuses on some dynamical aspects of a solar sail. The first part of the paper is a survey of the use of dynamical systems tools to control a solar sail near an unstable equilibrium point of the Earth–Sun system. The second part focuses on new results on the dynamics near an equilibrium point of a sail near an asteroid. The main tool is a reduction to the centre manifold to focus on the bounded motions. In both cases, the role of the geometrical structures of the phase space is highlighted.
ISSN:0019-3577
1872-6100
DOI:10.1016/j.indag.2016.06.005